“Order I Rule 3 CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE
Who may be joined as defendants.-All persons may be joined in one suit as defendants where-
(a) any right to relief in respect of, or arising out of, the same act or transaction or series of acts or
transactions is alleged to exist against such persons, whether jointly, severally or in the alternative;
and
(b) if separate suits were brought against such persons, any common question of law or fact would arise.
Order II Rule 3 CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE
Joinder of causes of action.-(1) Save as otherwise provided, a plaintiff may unite in the same suit
several causes of action against the same defendant, or the same defendants jointly; and any plaintiffs
having causes of action in which they are jointly interested against the same defendant or the same
defendants jointly may unite such causes of action in the same suit.
(2) Where causes of action are united, the jurisdiction of the Courts as regards the suit shall depend
on the amount or value of the aggregate subject matters at the date of instituting the suit.”
Civil Procedure Code 1908
