Format
and guidelines of affidavit of evidence.
(THE COMMERCIAL COURTS,
COMMERCIAL DIVISION AND COMMERCIAL APPELLATE DIVISION OF HIGH COURTS ORDINANCE,
2015)
An affidavit
must comply with the form and requirements set forth below:
(a) such
affidavit should be confined to, and should follow the chronological sequence
of, the dates and events that are relevant
for proving any fact or any other matter dealt with;
(b) where the
Court is of the view that an affidavit is a mere reproduction of the pleadings,
or contains the legal grounds of any party's case, the Court may, by order,
strike out the affidavit or such parts of the affidavit, as it deems fit and proper;
(c) each
paragraph of an affidavit should, as far as possible, be confined to a distinct
portion of the subject;
(d) an affidavit
shall state-
(i) which of the
statements in it are made from the deponent's own knowledge and which are
matters of information or belief; and
(ii) the source
for any matters of information or belief.
(e) an affidavit
should-
(i) have the
pages numbered consecutively as a separate document (or as one of several
documents contained in a file);
(ii) be divided
into numbered paragraphs;
(iii) have all
numbers, including dates, expressed in figures; and
(iv) if any of
the documents referred to in the body of the affidavit are annexed to the
affidavit or any other pleadings, give the annexure and page numbers of such documents
that are relied upon.".
FORMAT
STATEMENT OF TRUTH BY WAY OF AFFIDAVIT
