Important topics in CPC

 (a) History and jurisdiction of civil courts 

(b) Stages in a civil suit 

(c) Jurisdiction – S. 9 

(d) Maintainability of suits – Order VII Rule II 

(e) Issuance and service of summons – Order V 

(f) Pleadings- Plaint, Written Statement, Set-off and Counter Claim (Orders VI to VIII) 

(g) CPC Amendments –time Limits, production of documents 

(h) Parties to suits – Order I  

(i) Institution of Suit 

(j) Place of Suing Section 15 to 21-A 

(k) Appearance of Parties and Consequences of Non-Appearance 

(l) Examination of parties – Order X 

(m) Referral to ADR – S. 89 r/w Order X- A

 (n) Discovery and inspection – Order XI 

(o) Interrogatories – Order XI, Rules 14 – 15  

(p) Admissions – Order XII, Rules 2 and 2A 

(q) Framing of Issues 

(r) Amendment of Issues – Order XIV, Rule 5 

(s) Powers of court to examine witnesses or documents before framing Issues – Order  

XIV, Rule 4 

(t) Judgment, Decree – Preliminary and Final Order XX 

(u) Appointment of Commissioners – Order XXVI 

(v) Appointment of Receiver

 (w) Amendment applications – Order VI, Rule 17  

(x) Summary Suits – Order XXXVII, Costs 

(y) Bringing on Record Legal Representatives - Order XXII Rule 4 

(z) Stay of suits – (Section 10) and Res Judicata (Section 11) 

(za) Review – Order XLVII 

(zb) Suits by indigents – Order XXXIII 

(zc) Suits by or against minors and persons with unsoundness of Mind – Order XXXII 

(zd) Injunctions – Order XXXIX 

(ze) Execution of decrees and orders – Order XXI  

(i) Execution of money decrees 

(ii) Possession or occupancy of Immovable Property 

(iii) Arrest and attachment before judgment – Order XXXVII  

(zf) Suits by or against Government - Sections 79-82 and Order XXVI 

(zg) Inherent Powers - Section 151