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Mutatis mutandis, implies applicability of any provision with necessary changes in points of detail, Prahlad Sharma v. State of U.P., (2004) 4 SCC 113.

Mutatis mutandis, means 'with the necessary changes in points of detail, Earl Jowitt's the Dictionary of English Law (1959), Mariyappa v. State of Karnataka, (1998) 3 SCC 276: AIR 1998 SC 1334

Mutatis mutandis. With the necessary changes in points of detail.

Earl Jowitt's The Dictionary of English Law (1959) defines 'mutatis mutandis as 'with the necessary changes in points of detail'. Black's law Dictionary (Revised 7th Edn., 1999 at p. 1039) defines 'mutatis mutandis' as 'with the necessary changes in points of detail, meaning that matters or things are generally the same, but to altered when necessary, as to names, offices, and the like, Houseman v. Waterhouse. In Bouvier's Law Dictionary (3rd Revision, Vol. II), the expression, 'mutatis mutandis' is defined as 'The necessary changes. This is a phrase of frequent practical occurrence, meaning that matters or things are generally the same, but to be altered when necessary, as to names, offices and like.' Extension of an earlier Act mutatis mutandis to a later Act brings in the idea of adaptation, but so far only as it is necessary for the purpose, making a change without altering the essential nature of the thing changed, subject of course to express provisions made in the later Act, Ashok Service Centre v. State of Orissa, AIR 1983 SC 394 (400): (1983) 2 SCC 82: (1983) 2 SCR 363.