CPC Section 83 — When aliens may sue

Civil

Summary

Alien friends and alien enemies who live in India with permission from the Central Government can file a lawsuit in any court that would normally have the authority to hear the case, just as if they were Indian citizens. However, alien enemies living in India without that permission, or living in a foreign country, are not allowed to file a lawsuit in such a court. For this section, a person living in a country whose government is at war with India and doing business there without a licence from the Central Government is considered an alien enemy living in a foreign country.

Official Text

1Alien enemies residing in India with the permission of the Central Government, and alien friends, may sue in any Court otherwise competent to try the suit, as if they were citizens of India, but alien enemies residing in India without such permission, or residing in a foreign country, shall not sue in any such Court.

Explanation.-- Every person residing in a foreign country, the Government of which is at war with India and carrying on business in that country without a licence in that behalf granted by the Central Government, shall, for the purpose of this section, be deemed to be an alien enemy residing in a foreign country.