Part IV — SUITS IN PARTICULAR CASES SUITS BY OR AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OR PUBLIC OFFICERS IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY

Section 79Suits by or against Government

Section 79: Suits by or against Government

79. Suits by or against Government

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

(a)

in the case of a suit by or against the Central Government, [the Union of India], and

(b)

in the case of a suit by or against a State Government, the State.

Amendment notes (2)
  1. Subs . Subs by the A.O. 1948, for s. 79.
  2. Subs . Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "the Dominion of India".