Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
98.Decision where
appeal heard by two or more Judges .
(1) Where an appeal is
heard by a Bench of two or more Judges, the appeal shall be decided in
accordance with the opinion of such Judges or of the majority (if any) of such
Judges.
(2) Where there is no
such majority which concurs in a judgment varying or reversing the decree
appealed from, such decree shall be confirmed:
Provided that where the Bench hearing the appeal is composed of two Judges
belonging to a Court consisting of more than two Judges, and the Judges
composing the Bench differ in opinion on a point of law, they may state the
point of law upon which they differ and the appeal shall then be heard upon
that point only by one or more of the other Judges, and such point shall be
decided according to the opinion of the majority (if any) of the Judges who
have heard the appeal, including those who first heard it.
{Ins.by Act 18 of
1928, s.2 and Sch.I.} [(3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to alter or
otherwise affect any provision of the letters patent of any High Court.]