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In Sultana Begum v. Prem Chand Jain (1996), the Supreme Court used harmonious construction to read…

The case concerned section 47 and Order XXI Rule 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, on objections to execution of a decree said to have been satisfied. The Court said…

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In Sultana Begum v. Prem Chand Jain (1996), the Supreme Court used harmonious construction to read together which provisions, finding no real conflict between them?

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The case concerned section 47 and Order XXI Rule 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, on objections to execution of a decree said to have been satisfied. The Court said "it is the duty of the courts to avoid a head-on clash between two Sections of the Act" and read the two provisions together. Articles 25(2)(b) and 26(b) were harmonised in a different case, Sri Venkataramana Devaru.

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