📘 Code of Civil Procedure | 2nd Edition
✒️ Authored by: Monika A. Srivastava | Language: English | Publisher: [Insert Publisher Name]
The 2nd Edition of Code of Civil Procedure by Monika A. Srivastava is a rigorous, student-oriented, and practice-ready commentary that maps the complete lifecycle of a civil action—from institution and pleadings, through interlocutory stages and trial, to decree and execution. Written in precise, instructive prose, enriched with illustrations, hypotheticals, checklists, and updated Supreme Court & High Court rulings, this book blends doctrinal clarity with direct procedural applicability.
🔍 Key Features:
⚖️ Chronological "Suit-to-Execution" Design – builds procedural intuition step by step: plaint → written statement → interim measures → trial → decree → execution.
📚 Doctrinal Clarity with Practice Focus – jurisdiction, forum strategy, and interactions with Limitation Act, Evidence Act, Commercial Courts Act, and mediation under s. 89 CPC.
🏛️ Case Law Integration – concise topic-level takeaways, including substantial question of law (s. 100), revision (s. 115), review (s. 114), and execution objections (s. 47).
📊 Student-Friendly Apparatus – diagrams, flowcharts, quick-revise tables, and “common pitfalls” boxes (e.g., res sub judice vs. res judicata, review vs. revision).
📝 Drafting & Exam Support – specimen pleadings cues, viva prompts, MCQs, and problem questions at the end of each chapter.
👩🏫 Classroom-Tested Pedagogy – reflects the author’s vantage as teacher, practitioner, and former President of the District Consumer Commission, ensuring conceptual clarity + real-world procedural insight.
🌐 Contemporary Relevance – integrates ADR, commercial courts regime, digital filing, and case-management innovations.
📖 Coverage Includes:
Foundations & Jurisdiction – ss. 9–20, place of suing, transfers, and inherent powers.
Institution & Pleadings – plaints, written statements, counter-claims, amendments.
Service & Non-appearance – summons, substituted service, ex parte proceedings.
Framing of Issues & Discovery – interrogatories, inspection, admissions, commissions.
Interim Measures – injunctions, receivers, attachments, arrest before judgment, commercial case management.
Trial → Judgment → Decree – conduct of trial, burden of proof, judgment, and decree drafting.
Execution – modes of execution (attachment, sale, arrest, restitution), objections, satisfaction.
Appeals, Review & Revision – ss. 96, 100, 104, s. 114, s. 115 CPC, limitation checkpoints.
Special Suits & Parties – representative suits, indigent persons, interpleader, suits by/against government & corporations.
ADR & Costs – mediation under s. 89 CPC, cost sanctions, and case-management.
🎯 Recommended For:
LL.B. & LL.M. Students – CPC/procedure paper with exam-oriented coverage.
Judicial Services, AIBE & Competitive Exam Aspirants – concept-first learning with case law integration.
Young Litigators & Chamber Juniors – practical, litigation-ready guidance.
Law Faculty & Researchers – classroom-friendly pedagogy with doctrinal clarity.
This 2nd Edition of Code of Civil Procedure by Monika A. Srivastava is a student’s exam companion, a teacher’s classroom aid, and a litigator’s chambers reference—ensuring a seamless bridge between doctrine, pedagogy, and practice.
