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And, or, it is well settled that 'and' is capable of being read as 'or', if the context demands it to be so read. The word 'or' is normally disjunctive and the word 'and' is normally conjunctive. But at times they are read as vice-versa to give effect to the manifest intent of the legislature as disclosed from the context. It is permissible to read 'or' as 'and' and vice-versa if some other part of the same statute, or the legislative intent clearly spelled out, require that to be done. Fakir Mohd. v. Sita Ram (2002) 1 SCC 741.