Section 212(18) in Civil Court Rules of the High Court of Judicature at Patna
(18)Written statement in answers to petition filed by respondents. - The respondent may and, if so required by the Court shall present a written statement in answer to the petition and the provisions of Order VIII of the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply mutatis mutandis to such written statements. In particular, if in any proceedings for divorce the respondent opposes the relief sought in the petition on the ground of the petitioner's adultery, cruelty or desertion, the written statement shall state the particulars of such adultery, cruelty of desertion.
