ORDER XXVIII

THE SUPREME COURT RULES, 1978 THE SUPREME COURT RULES, 1978. PART IV ORDER XXVIII PLEADINGS GENERALLY. 1. In this Order Pleadings means plaint or written statement. 2. Every pleading shall contain, and contain only, a statement in a concise form of the material facts on which the party pleading relies, buy neither the evidence by which those facts are to be proved nor only argumentative matter, and shall be divided into paragraphs numbered consecutively, Dated, sums and numbers shall be expressed in figured. 3. A further and better statement of the nature of the claim or defence, or further and better particular o any matter stated in any pleading, may in all cases be ordered upon such terms as to costs and otherwise as may be just. 4. Wherever the contents of any document are material, it shall be sufficient to state the effect thereof, as briefly as possible, without setting out he whole or any part thereof unless the precise words of the document or any part thereof are material. 5. Every pleading shall be signed by, or by an Advocate on behalf of , the Advocate-General. 6. The Court may at any stage of the proceedings order to be struck out or amended any matter in any pleading which may be unnecessary or scandalous or which may tend to prejudice or embarrass of delay the trial of the suit or which contravene any of the provisions of this Order. 7. The Court may at any stage of the proceeding allow either party to amend his pleading in such manner and on such terms as may be just, but only such amendments shall be made as may be necessary for the purpose of determining the real question in controversy between parties. 8. If a party who has obtained an order for leave to amend does not amend accordingly within the time limited for that purpose by the order, and if no time is thereby limited, within fourteen days form the date of the order, he shall not be permitted to amend after the expiration of such limited time of such fourteen days, as the case may be, unless the time is extended by the Court. 9. Amendment of pleadings only for the purpose of rectifying a clerical error may be made on an order of the Registrar without notice, but, unless otherwise ordered, a copy of the order shall be served on all other parties.