Judicial Law Views Quarterly (Law Views)

  The matter of designating respondent/s in a claim is one of the most significant problems in civil proceedings. The said subject is of great importance because presenting no definition of plaintiff in a claim or respective criteria thereof, Civil Procedure Code obligates plaintiff of a claim to exactly determine respondent/s of a claim and then, to insert their full names and particulars in petition form accordingly.

  Moreover, considering Civil Procedure Code, respondent of a claim is not a defendant i.e. the person/s against whom the plaintiff brings a claim. But, in most cases, in addition to the defendant, other parties must be addressed as respondents of a claim. Some of the same have been designated by Civil Procedure Code.

  In this study, we are willing to conduct a research on the criteria, associated with designating respondent/s of a claim in law and judicial precedent, presenting corresponding comments by law scholars in this regard. It is hoped that we would minimize respective problems with designating respondent and that the results, obtained from this research would be used by students, lawyers and judges accordingly.