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Section 79Central Act

Section 79: Suits by or against Government.

1[79. Suits by or against Government.--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.]

1. Subs by the A.O. 1948, for s. 79.
2. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "the Dominion of India".

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