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Issues: (i) Whether the amended Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 affected the applicability of Section 41(1) of the Punjab Courts Act, 1918 in second appeals within the territorial jurisdiction governed by that Act; (ii) What meaning was to be assigned to the expression "substantial question of law" in amended Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
Issue (i): Whether the amended Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 affected the applicability of Section 41(1) of the Punjab Courts Act, 1918 in second appeals within the territorial jurisdiction governed by that Act.
Analysis: The saving language in Section 4(1) of the Code preserves special or local laws and any special jurisdiction or power conferred by another law for the time being in force. Section 100(1) of the Code is likewise prefaced by words saving any other law for the time being in force. Section 41(1) of the Punjab Courts Act, 1918 is a special and local law governing second appeals in the relevant area, and therefore the amended Section 100 does not curtail or override it. The special provision continues to operate in its own field, supported both by the statutory saving clauses and by the general principle that a special enactment prevails over a general one.
Conclusion: The answer was in the negative. Section 41(1) of the Punjab Courts Act, 1918 remained unaffected by the amended Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
Issue (ii): What meaning was to be assigned to the expression "substantial question of law" in amended Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
Analysis: Since Section 41(1) of the Punjab Courts Act, 1918 governed second appeals in the relevant jurisdiction and excluded the amended Section 100 of the Code, the question of interpreting the newly introduced expression became unnecessary for deciding the rights of the parties before the Court. The issue was therefore treated as academic and not examined on merits.
Conclusion: No answer was given on this issue, as it was declared academic.
Final Conclusion: The reference was answered by holding that the amended second-appeal provision in the Code did not displace the special regime under the Punjab Courts Act, 1918, and the matter was sent back for further disposal in accordance with that position.
Ratio Decidendi: A special or local law preserved by the saving clauses in the Code of Civil Procedure continues to govern second appeals in its own field and is not overridden by the amended general provision of Section 100 unless the Code expressly provides otherwise.
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