Case Name : Chairman, State Bank of India & Anr vs MJ James Case Reference: (2021) 7 SCR 373 Case Number: CA No. 8223 of 2009 Court: Supreme Court Bench: 02 Coram: L Nageswara Rao, Sanjiv Khanna Date: 16.11.2021

The objective of definition clauses is to avoid frequent repetition in describing the subject matter to which the word or expression is intended to apply. The reason for such a clause is that while interpreting a provision, the defined word or expression would carry the same meaning as the defined word or expression which are employed and used by the maker in the sense appropriate to the definition.

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Doctrine of acquiescence

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See also: Acquiescence Laches

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