📢 Too many exams? Don’t know which one suits you best? Book Your Free Expert 👉 call Now!


    Question

    Where the Court orders service by an advertisement in a

    newspaper, a daily newspaper circulating in the locality in which the defendant is last known to have actually and voluntarily resided, this is_____________. 
    A Substituted service Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Personal service Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Residuary service. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Service on the defendant’s agent. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    As per CPC Order V Rule. 20. Substituted service. — (1) Where the Court is satisfied that there is reason to believe that the defendant is keeping out of the way for the purpose of avoiding service, or that for any other reason the summons cannot be served in the ordinary way, the Court shall order  the  summons  to  be  served  by  affixing  a  copy  thereof  in  some  conspicuous  place  in  the Court - house, and also upon some conspicuous part of the house (if any) in which the defendant is  known  to  have  last  resided  or  carried  on  business  or  personally  worked  for  gain,  or  in  such other manner as the Court thinks fit  [(1A)  Where  the  Court  acting  under  sub - rule  (1)  orders  service  by  an  advertisement  in  a newspaper,  the  newspaper  shall  be  a  daily  newspaper  circulating  in  the  locality  in  which  the defendant is last known to have actually and voluntarily resided, carried on business or personally worked for gain.] 

    Practice Next
    ask-question