Reviewed case brief
Manohar Lal Chopra v. Rai Bahadur Rao Raja Seth Hiralal
AIR 1962 SC 527
## Summary
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Year
- 1962
- Subjects
- Civil Procedure Code and Law of Limitation
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-29
Rule established
Section 151 CPC affirms the inherent power of civil courts to do justice, but this power cannot be exercised to nullify or override express provisions of the CPC. Inherent power supplements the Code; it does not supplant it.
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Issues
Held
Ratio decidendi
How to use it in an exam
Editorial source
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