https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169895 A power of attorney holder may depose for the principal in civil proceedings, because Order III of the Code of Civil Procedure permits recognised agents to act and testimonial competency is governed by Section 118 of the Evidence Act, not by the procedural rules on pleading or argument. The court also held that personal appearance by the plaintiff is not mandatory in every case under Order XVIII; a direction to step into the witness box requires recorded reasons and case-specific justification. On that basis, the impugned order was quashed, the suit was restored to proceed from the stage where evidence had been interrupted, and the contrary findings were set aside. en-us Wed, 08 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 12 May 2015 12:10:55 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169895 A power of attorney holder may depose for the principal in civil proceedings, because Order III of the Code of Civil Procedure permits recognised agents to act and testimonial competency is governed by Section 118 of the Evidence Act, not by the procedural rules on pleading or argument. The court also held that personal appearance by the plaintiff is not mandatory in every case under Order XVIII; a direction to step into the witness box requires recorded reasons and case-specific justification. On that basis, the impugned order was quashed, the suit was restored to proceed from the stage where evidence had been interrupted, and the contrary findings were set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 08 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169895