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Civil Procedure Code

Object and Extent of the Civil Procedure Code

Indian Legal System > Civil Laws > The Code of Civil Procedure > Object of Civil Procedure Code In this article, we shall study the historical background and the object of civil procedure code. Historical Background: The first Code of Civil Procedure was enacted in 1859 (Act VII of 1859) by the Committee headed by […]

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Civil Procedure Code

Substantive Laws and Procedural Laws

Both substantive and procedural laws are inevitable components of the law of any civilized society. One without the other has neither any useful and meaningful existence nor any significance as well. Both, substantive law and procedural law, are mutually reinforcing and one acquires greater meaning and validity in the presence of the other. Both these […]

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Austin’s Imperative Theory of Law

What is Law? Rules of conduct approved and enforced by the government of and over a certain territory is called a law. (eg. the ‘laws’ of India). Blackstone’s Definition: According to Sir William Blackstone (an English jurist and judge of the eighteenth century) ‘Law, in general consists of the rules recognized and acted upon in the […]