FILING OF REPRESENTATIVE SUIT

A webinar was delivered by Mr. A.R.NIXON. He is a senior advocate practicing in the High Court of Madras and have experience of more than 30 years.

The topic was Filing of Representative Suit. The 

speaker started the session by explaining the meaning of representative suit. The reasons for filing the representative file was discussed. Using illustrations the speaker addressed the difference between the normal legal notice and notice served incase pf representative suit. The speaker explained it with the help of  some case laws along with the citations. The representative suit should be filed where many people are included as parties to the suit. He spoke about the percentage of court fees. The main core factor throughout the discussion was about filing the representative suit and how a notice should be served. In case of representative suit, the court orders to publish where the publication circulates throughout the state or throughout the world because the   party may be residing out of state of out of india. The speaker dealt with the procedure for filing and withdrawing the representative suit and addressed the main reason for the losing a case in representative suit is because of not following the proper procedure.