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Definition :

Or, And, it would be noticed that the word used after clause (g) and before clause (h) is 'or'. It may mean 'and' in the context, or remain 'or' in the disjunctive sense in a given case. If any further relief is asked for in addition to any of the reliefs mentioned in clauses (a) to (g) as the nature of the case may require, then the word 'or' would mean 'and'. But if the relief asked for is other relief which is not by way of a consequential or additional relief to any of the reliefs in terms of clause (a) to (g), the word 'or' will mean 'or', Charan Singh v. Darshan Singh, AIR 1975 SC 371: (1975) 3 SCR 48: (1975) 1 SCC 298.

The word 'or' is normally disjunctive and 'and' is normally conjunctive, but when other part of the same statute or the clear intention of it obligates, they are read as vice versa, Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Tek Chand Bhatia, AIR 1980 SC 360: (1980) 1 SCC 158: (1980) 1 SCR 910.