These sections enable the court to make an order for discovery which is necessary or reasonable. British vs Adam. 6 DLR 544.
There is no bar in issuing summons upon cited witnesses for the second time, if it is necessary in the interest of justice. If the application for summons is not a bonafide one, the court may refuse the prayer. Dildar vs Sharif.43 DLR 196.
Where it is obvious that the decision would depend largely upon the documentary evidence, the judge should himself make the necessary order under section 30 in the absence of any application by either of the parties. Govinda vs Magniram.AIR 1940 Cal 331
The antethesis that section 32 draws between section 27 and section 30 is that an omission in response to a summon under section 27 carries no penalty in the strict sense while a summons under section 30 may entail punishment. Sangram vs Election & C.AIR 1955 SC 955.
Summons: Service of Summons-
The High Court Division was not also factually correct in finding that summons of the suit was not served upon defendant No.3, as report of the process server clearly showed that summons of the suit was served upon defendant No.3 by hanging and he gave report to that effect. Merely because the fact of service of summons upon defendant No.3 was not recorded in the order sheet, it may be through inadvertence which did not make the report of the process server as regards service of summons upon defendant No.3 ineffective or nonest...... Rasheda Begum & others =VS= Abul Hashem & others. [1 LM (AD) 243]
