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Procedure, 'procedure' in Article 21 cannot be arbitrary, unfair or unreasonable, Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India, AIR 1978 SC 597: (1978) 1 SCC 248: (1978) 2 SCR 621.

The mode in which the successive steps in litigation are taken. The procedure of the Common Law courts was regulated by the C.L.P. Acts of 1852, 1854, and 1860; as to which see Day's C.L.P. Acts. As to the procedure in equity, consult Daniell's Chancery Practice, and Morgan's Chancery Acts and Orders. The procedure in actions in the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal is now governed under the (English) Judicature Act, 1925, for the most part by the Rules of the Supreme Court, based on the rules in the schedule to the (English) Judicature Act, 1875; but where no other provision is made by the Acts or those rules, the former procedure remains in force. See PRACTICE.

Means the manner and form of enforcing of law. It must be taken to signify some step or method or manner or proceedings leading up to the deprivation of life or personal liberty, A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras, 1950 (51) Cr LJ 1383: AIR 1950 SC 27: 1950 SCJ 174.

Means the mode in which successive steps in litigation are taken, State of Seraikella v. Union of India, AIR 1951 SC 253: 1951 SCJ 426: 1951 SCR 474.