Section 79

Suits by or against Government

Part Iv — Suits in Particular Cases

1[In a suit by or against the Government, the authority to be named as plaintiff or defendant, as the case may be, shall be—

(a) in the case of a suit by or against the Central Government, 2[the Union of India], and

(b) in the case of a suit by or against a State Government, the State.]

Amendment notes
  1. Subs. by the A.O. 1948, for s. 79.
  2. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for “the Dominion of India”.