The CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908

SUITS IN PARTICULAR CASES SUITS BY OR AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OR PUBLIC OFFICERS IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY

Section 79: Suits by or against Government.

In a suit by or against the Government, the authority to be named as plaintiff or defendant, as the case may be, shall be— (a) in the case of a suit by or against the Central Government, the Union of India, and (b) in the case of a suit by or against a State Government, the State.]