Court affidavits and filing

Court affidavits and filing in Punjabi, Hindi and English, ready to print on court paper. Made free in Dastavo.

• Affidavit for condonation of delayThe affidavit that goes with an application to excuse a late filing.
• Affidavit for exemption from personal appearanceSupporting a request to be excused from appearing on one date.
• Affidavit for release of a vehicle or articles on superdariThe owner's affidavit for getting seized property back during a case.
• Affidavit in support of a plaint or applicationThe affidavit filed with a plaint or application (Order VI Rule 15(4) CPC).
• Affidavit of assets and liabilities (maintenance cases)The disclosure affidavit both sides file in maintenance and matrimonial cases.
• Affidavit of evidence (examination-in-chief)A witness's evidence filed as an affidavit (Order XVIII Rule 4 CPC).
• Affidavit of serviceProving that a copy was served on the other side.
• Caveat (s.148A CPC)Asking to be heard before any interim order in an expected case (valid 90 days).
• Certificate for electronic records (s.63 BSA)Needed to prove printouts, recordings and messages (old s.65B).
• Eviction petition before the Rent Controller (s.13, Punjab or Haryana rent Act)A landlord's petition to the Rent Controller to evict a tenant under section 13 of the Punjab (and Chandigarh) or Haryana rent Act, on one or more grounds.
• Index of documents and list of datesThe index on top of a filing, with an optional list of dates.
• Joint compromise statementBoth parties recording a settlement for the court (Order XXIII Rule 3).
• Letter of urgencyAsking the registry to list a fresh case urgently.
• List of witnessesThe witnesses a party will examine (Order XVI Rule 1 CPC).
• Memo of appearanceAn advocate telling the court and the other side that they appear for a party.
• Memorandum of first appeal (s.96 and Order XLI CPC)A first appeal against a civil decree: the decree, the grounds, limitation, court fee and the relief.
• Personal bondThe accused's own bond to appear on every date after bail.
• Replication to the written statementThe plaintiff's answer to the new facts and objections in the written statement, reaffirming the plaint.
• Suit for declaration with consequential relief (s.34 Specific Relief Act)A plaint for a declaration of a right or that a document is void, with the further relief (injunction or possession) that the proviso to Section 34 requires.
• Suit for partition and separate possessionA co-sharer's plaint with the pedigree and shares, the schedule of joint properties, a preliminary decree and a local commissioner.
• Suit for permanent injunction (s.38 Specific Relief Act)A plaint to stop a defendant from interfering with your property or possession, with an optional mandatory injunction.
• Suit for recovery of money (ordinary, or summary under Order XXXVII)A plaint for money lent or due, with the account, interest up to the suit and future interest; ordinary, or summary under Order XXXVII.
• Suit for specific performance of an agreement to sellA buyer's plaint to make the seller execute the sale deed, with readiness and willingness, possession and the alternative refund of the earnest money.
• Surety affidavit and bail bondA surety's affidavit and bond for an accused who has been granted bail.
• Undertaking to the courtA promise to the court, e.g. to pay by a date or not to sell property.
• VakalatnamaAppointing an advocate in a case, with the welfare-stamp box.
• Written statement (Order VIII CPC)The defendant's reply to a plaint: preliminary objections, a paragraph-by-paragraph reply, additional pleas and the verification.

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