Civil Procedure Code, 1908

Chapter 004 Suits In Particular Cases

Section 79: Suits by or against Government

In a suit by or against the Government, the authority to be named as plaintiff or defendant, as the case may be, shall be-

  1. in the case of a suit by or against the Central Government, the Union of India, and
  2. in the case of a suit by or against a State Government, the State.


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