Answer is B is correct. By CPC Amendment Act 1999, proviso to Rule 1 sub rule (1) was inserted in Order 17 of CPC which stated that no such adjournment shall be granted more than three time to a party during hearing of the suit. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.

Answer is C is correct. Parties are required to submit in court a list of witnesses whom they proposes to call either to give evidence or to produce documents and to obtain summonses for their attendance in court. Though such list to be filed on or before such date as the court specifies but not later than 15 days after the issues are framed as per Order 16 Rule 1. Therefore option (c) is the correct answer.

Answer is B is correct. As per Order 23 Rule 1A which deals with withdrawal and compromise a defendant may be allowed to be transposed as a plaintiff where the suit is withdrawn by the plaintiff, if he has a substantial question to be decided against the co-defendant then is entitled to seek his transposition as plaintiff for determination of such a question against the said co-defendant in the given suit itself. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.

Answer is B is correct. As per Order 23 Rule 3 court is required to be satisfied that all the conditions are fulfilled before passing the consent decree in a suit. Conditions are- there must be an agreement or compromise entered into by the parties, in writing and signed by the parties, the terms must be lawful and recorded by the court. Hence, signed by the witnesses is not a valid condition. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.

Answer is A is correct. In Pulavarthi Venkata vs. Valluri Jagannadha (1967) it was observed and stated that a compromise decree cannot operate as res judicata as it cannot be said that a suit is heard and finally decided by the court on merit. However, it may create an estoppel between the parties. Therefore option (a) is the correct answer.