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Special And General

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Special and general, the terms 'special' and 'general' used in this context are relative terms and it is the content of one statue as compared to the other that will determine which of the two is to be regarded as special in relation to the other, Life Insurance Corporation of India v. D.J. Bahadur, AIR 1980 SC 2181: (1981) 1 SCC 315: (1981) 1 SCR 1083.

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