DR ANUPAM KUMAR MISHRA

 Section 138 CPC Description 1 (1) The 2[High Court] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct with respect to any Judge specified in the notification, or falling under a description set forth therein, that evidence in cases in which an appeal is allowed shall be taken down by him in the English language and in manner prescribed. (2) Where a Judge is prevented by any sufficient reason from complying with a direction under sub-section (1), he shall record the reason and cause the evidence to be taken down in writing from his dictation in open Court. STATE AMENDMENTS Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura and Manipur-For section 138, substitute the following section:- "138. Power of High Court to require evidence to be record in English.- The High Court may, by notification, in the Official Gazette, direct with respect to any Judge specified in the notification, or falling under a description set forth therein that in cases in which an appeal is allowed, he shall take down,

 Section 137 CPC Description (1) The language which, on the commencement of this Code, is the language of any Court subordinate to a High Court shall continue to be the language of such subordinate Court until the State Government otherwise directs. (2) The State Government may declare what shall be the language of any such Court and in what character applications to and proceedings in such Court shall be written. (3) Where this Court requires or allows anything other than the recording of evidence to be done in writing in any such Court, such writing may be in English; but if any party or his pleader is unacquainted with English a translation into the language of the Court shall, at his request, be supplied to him; and the Court shall make such Order as it thinks fit in respect of the payment of the costs of such translation. STATE AMENDMENTS Rajasthan-For sub-section (3) of section 137 substitute the following: "(3) Wherever the Code requires or allows anything other than the re

 Section 136 CPC Description (1) Where an application is made that any person shall be arrested or that any property shall be attached under any provision of this Code not relating to the execution of decrees, and such person resides or such property is situate outside the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court to which the application is made, the Court may, in its discretion, issue a warrant of arrest or make an Order of attachment, and send to the District Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction such person or property reside or is situate a copy of the warrant or Order, together with the probable amount of the costs of the arrest or attachment. (2) The District Court shall, on receipt of such copy and amount, cause the arrest or attachment to be made by its own officers, or by a Court subordinate to itself, and shall inform the Court which issued or made such warrant or Order of the arrest or attachment. (3) The Court making an arrest under this section shall sen

 Section 135A CPC Description 1[ 2[(1) No person shall be liable to arrest or detention in prison under civil process- (a) if he is a member of- (i) either House of Parliament, or (ii) the legislative Assembly or Legislative Council of a State, or (iii) a Legislative Assembly of a Union territory, during the continuance of any meeting of such House of Parliament or, as the case may be, of the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council; (b) if he is a member of any committee of- (i) either House of Parliament, or (ii) the Legislative Assembly of a State or Union territory, or (iii) the Legislative Council of a State, during the continuance of any meeting of such committee; (c) if he is a member of- (i) either House of Parliament, or (ii) a Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council of a State having both such Houses, during the continuance of a joint sitting, meeting, conference or joint committee of the Houses of Parliament or Houses of the State Legislature, as the case may be,

 Section 135 CPC Description (1) No Judge, Magistrate or other judicial officer shall be liable to arrest under civil process while going to, presiding in, or returning from his Court. (2) Where any matter is pending before a tribunal having jurisdiction therein, or believing in good faith that it has such jurisdiction, the parties thereto, their pleader, mukhtars, revenue-agents and recognized agents, and their witnesses acting in obedience to a summons, shall be exempt from arrest under civil process other than process issued by such tribunal for contempt of Court while going to or attending such tribunal for the purpose of such matter, and while returning from such tribunal. (3) Nothing in sub-section (2) shall enable a judgment-debtor to claim exemption from arrest under an Order for immediate execution or where such judgment-debtor attends to show cause why he should not be committed to person in execution of a decree.

 Section 134 CPC Description The provisions of sections 55, 57 and 59 shall apply, so far as may be, to all persons arrested under this Co

 Section 133 CPC Description 1[(1) The following persons shall be entitled to exemption from personal appearance in Court, namely- (i) the President of India; (ii) the Vice-President of India; (iii) the Speaker of the House of the People; (iv) the Ministers of the Union; (v) the Judges of the Supreme Court; (vi) the Governors of States and the administrators of Union Territories; (vii) the Speakers of the State Legislative Assemblies/ (viii) the Chairman of the State Legislative Councils; (ix) the Ministers of States; (x) the Judges of the High Courts; and (xi) the persons to whom section 87B applies.] 2[***] (3) Where any person 3[***] claims the privilege of such exemption, and it is consequently necessary to examine him by commission, he shall pay the costs of that commission, unless the party requiring his evidence pays such costs. 1. Subs. by Act No. 66 of 1956, sec. 12, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 1-1-1957). 2. Sub-section (2) omitted by Act No. 66 of 1956, sec. 12 (w.e.f. 1-1-19