If the defendant wants to take any claim against the defendant while submitting the counter-answer, he can take such claim and if he takes such a claim, it will be deemed to have taken the counter-claim.
(2) The counterclaim under sub-section (1) shall be limited to the subject of the plaint and such counterclaim shall be mentioned in the reply.
(3) If a counterclaim is taken according to sub-section (1), two copies of the counterclaim must be submitted if there is only one tenant and one copy for each subsequent tenant. However, no matter how many tenants there are in a household, only one copy of the counterclaim can be submitted for such tenant.
(4) One of the two copies of the reply received in accordance with sub-section (3) shall be delivered by the court to the defendant or his heirs who will appear on the date fixed by the court immediately after the submission of the reply.
(5) According to sub-section (4) within fifteen days of submission of the counter-claim, the defendant shall submit a written counter-claim to the court regarding the acceptance or denial of the counter-claim.
(6) Notwithstanding anything written elsewhere in this section, if the defendant makes a counterclaim before the court, the court shall provide a copy of the record of such statement to the defendant in accordance with sub-section (4).
(7) If the defendant takes a counterclaim in accordance with this section, the court shall order the party taking the counterclaim to file the court fee as per paragraph-6 within seven days and the counterclaim shall be maintained only if the defendant pays the court fee in accordance with the order.