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Shall And May

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Shall and may, 'shall' must normally be construed to mean 'shall' and not 'may', for the distinction between the two is fundamental, Govindlal Chagganlal Patel v. Agricultural Produce Market Committee, AIR 1976 SC 263: (1975) 2 SCC 482: (1976) 1 SCR 451.

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