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What does Jawab-e-dawa mean? جوابِ دعویٰ

Jawab-e-dawa is the written statement — the defendant’s formal reply to the plaint in a civil suit.

Under Order VIII of the CPC the defendant files a written statement answering each allegation in the plaint.

“For written statement” is a common purpose for early dates in a civil case.

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