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section 79

Suits by or against Government.

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
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SUITS BY OR AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OR PUBLIC OFFICERS IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY

Statutory text

1[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. (a) in the case of a suit by or against the Central Government, 2[the Union of India], and
  2. (b) in the case of a suit by or against a State Government, the State.]

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