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Meanings of Indian legal terms, abbreviations and designations in simple English.

2 terms

Code of Civil ProcedureCPCLegislationThe CPC sets out the procedure that civil courts in India follow, from filing a suit to hearing it, passing a decree and appealing against it.
Code of Criminal ProcedureCrPCLegislationThe CrPC was the law of criminal procedure from 1973. It has been repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), though it can still matter for older proceedings.

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