CAVEAT:

• Caveat is a request made to the court that no order in a suit or

proceeding instituted or likely to be instituted before it may be passed
without hearing the person filing caveat.
• Caveat is not defined in the Civil Procedure Code,1908. Though there
is no exact definition for Caveat in the CPC ,Sec 148A of CPC talks
about it. It was added in 1976.
• Sec 148A deals with right to lodge a caveat.
CAVEAT:
• Though there is no exact definition , In the case of Nirmal Chand v.
Girindra Narayan , the court defined caveat as forewarning given by an
individual person to the court that no order or judgment shall be passed
deprived of furnishing any notice or without hearing the caveator.
• Caveator is a person who files a caveat and caveatee is a   person who
has instituted a suit or is likely to do so is.
• The main purpose of caveat is to make sure that the court does not
passes ex-parte orders and that the interests of the caveator are protected.
Caveat aids in reducing the burden of court and reduces the multiplicity
of proceedings and brings an end to the litigation. 
CAVEAT:
• A caveat remains in force for 90 days.
• Object of Section 148A CPC
• I. To safeguard the interest of the caveator.
II. To avoid the multiplicity of proceedings.
• Caveat is lodged in the form of a petition.
• Any person who claims a right to hearing on an application filed or
expected to be filed is competent to lodge a caveat.
• To become entitled to lodge a caveat, it is not necessary that the person
is a party to the suit.