🔍 What Order 13 Rule 1 CPC Says ? Order 13 of the CPC deals with Production, Impounding, and Return of Documents.

• Rule 1 requires that parties or their pleaders must produce, on or before the settlement of issues, all original documents they intend to rely on (if copies have already been filed) in their possession or power.
• These documents must be accompanied by an accurate list in a form directed by the High Court.
• Some exceptions: documents for cross‑examination of witnesses, or those handed to witnesses only to refresh memory.