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D. N. Mathur's The Code of Civil Procedure with Chapter Summary – Central Law Publications, 5th Edition 2026

Central Law Publications publishes the Fifth Edition (2026) of The Code of Civil Procedure with Chapter Summary by Adv. D. N. Mathur. It is a textbook-commentary on the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, arranged not by section number but by the order in which a civil suit actually moves through the court — from the institution of the plaint to the delivery of possession in execution.

How the book is arranged

The Code is notoriously hard to read in its own sequence, because the sections and the Orders sit in separate parts of the statute. Mathur's method is to follow the stages of a suit: each relevant section is reproduced and then explained, and the Orders and Rules that govern that stage are placed immediately after it, so the reader sees the section and its machinery together. Every one of the book's sixty chapters closes with a chapter summary, which makes it equally usable for a first reading and for revision the night before a paper or a hearing.

Contents

Foundations — introduction and scheme of the Code, definitions, subordination of courts, and choice of forum.

Institution of a suit — institution and framing of suits, res sub judice and res judicata, parties to a suit, pleadings generally, the plaint and written statement, summons and appearance.

Trial — first hearing, affidavits, documents, interlocutory orders, the effect of death, marriage or insolvency of a party, withdrawal and adjustment of suits, witnesses, adjournments, and the hearing and examination of witnesses.

Judgment — judgment and decree, interest and costs, and foreign judgments.

Execution — execution of decrees, courts by which decrees may be executed, stay of execution, arrest and detention, attachment, objections and sale, delivery of possession and distribution of sale proceeds.

Special suits and parties — suits by or against the Government, aliens and foreign envoys, soldiers and sailors, corporations, minors and persons of unsound mind; family matters; suits by indigent persons; mortgage suits; interpleader suits; special proceedings; and summary procedure.

Appeals, reference, review and revision — first appeals, second appeals, appeals from orders, appeals to the Supreme Court, reference, review, revision under Section 115 and the special revisional powers of certain High Courts.

Closing parts — rule-making power, miscellaneous provisions, and the Chartered High Courts and Courts of Small Causes.

Key features

• Arranged by the stages of a civil suit, not by bare section order.
• Section text reproduced and then explained, with the connected Orders and Rules set out at the same place.
• A summary at the end of each of the 60 chapters for revision.
• Written in plain, readable English and priced for student use.
• Updated to the position as at the Fifth Edition, 2026.

Who should buy this book

• LL.B. and B.A. LL.B. students taking Civil Procedure Code as a core paper — the chapter summaries make it a practical revision text.
• Judicial service aspirants preparing for Civil Judge (Junior Division) and Higher Judicial Service examinations, where CPC carries heavy weightage in both the preliminary and mains papers.
• Young advocates and juniors learning civil practice — the stage-wise arrangement matches the order in which the work actually arises.
• Teachers of civil procedure, for a clear classroom sequence.

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