Section 212(7) in Civil Court Rules of the High Court of Judicature at Patna
(7)Petitions of Minors. - (i) where the petitioner is a minor he or she shall sue by his or her next friend to be approved by the Court; and no petition presented by a minor under the Act shall be filed until the next friend has undertaken in writing to be answerable for costs. Such undertaking shall be filed in Court, and the next friend shall thereupon be liable in the same manner and to the same extent as if he were a plaintiff in an ordinary suit.(ii)The next friend shall file an affidavit alongwith the petition which shall state the age of the minor, that the next friend has no adverse interest to that of the minor, and that the next friend is otherwise a fit and proper person to act as such.(iii)The Court may, on considering the affidavit and such other material as it may require, record its approval to the representation of the minor by the next friend or pass such order or orders as it may deem fit.
