This work, now stepping into its tenth edition after an interval of nearly ten years, there is no gainsaying as evidenced by its steady popularity, has proved extremely useful over the years to new comers and senior members alike of the profession, as well as to judges. In spite of keen willingness to bring out this edition, considering the great demand of the book, within a reasonable span of time since the immediately earlier one went out of print, nothing could be put into concrete shape, until much recently, to transform the desire into a much-awaited reality for various reasons. Now that it has ultimately come out after a long period of uncertainty overlapping its period of actual gestation even, the practical users may feel overall satisfaction.""The necessity of such a work cannot be overemphasized since neophytes-and even experienced lawyers now and then-find themselves in a quandary as to how to proceed properly in day-to-day Court engagements, left as they are surrounded by heaps of case laws of all sorts marking each page. With nothing in the shape of a practical book, irrespective of the chance or fortune of being helped by a sound mentor or senior in the line, to guide a newcomer on the right track and make him conversant consistently and layer by layer with the intricate practice and procedure of a Civil Court, as well as with the large variety and number of rules governing judicial business, it becomes very difficult for the young beginner to negotiate the uncharted terrain in professional life. ""Because the materials in the Civil Code are so wide, complex and diverse in nature that may sometime baffle even a mature mind, and to claim, even for an experienced lawyer conversance with every aspect of it, minute or otherwise, is but a futile exercise. Also, it is no easy task to assimilate the unwieldy materials, which is what the discerning author used to warn about. The book is designed to afford help in that direction so that the task of the young lawyer or the judge may be rendered easier. The rules in the Code have been boiled down, rearranged systematically as for as possible in their logical sequence and stated concisely with explanatory notes wherever necessary.
