ENACTMENT No. 2 Of 1984 ISLAMIC CIVIL PROCEDURE ENACTMENT 1979
PART XVII - HEARING
Section 116. Absence of parties.
(1) If, when any action is called on-
(a) neither party appears the action may be dismissed;
(b) the defendant does not appear, the Court may (subject to formal proof of due service)-
(i) where the claim is for a liquidated sum, enter judgment forthwith for the plaintiff;
(ii) in any other case, hear and determine the action in his absence;
(c) the Court may in its discretion in any such case order an adjournment.
(2) Any judgment or order given or made in the absence of a party may, on his application and if good reason for such absence be shown, be set aside and the proceedings may be reheard upon such terms as to costs or otherwise as the Court shall think fit. Notice of such application shall be given to the opposite party.
(3) If there are moer plaintiffs or defendants than one, and one at least is present, the Court may hear the action as if all were present.