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Chapter II: .
THE CHIEF COURT. | Section 10: Except as otherwise provided by any enactment for the time being in force,
10. Except as otherwise provided by any enactment for the time being in force,
(1) when there is a difference of opinion among the Judges composing any bench of the Chief Court, the decision shall be in accordance with the opinion of the majority of those Judges;
(2) If there is no such majority, then—
(a) if the bench is a full bench, or is exercising original civil jurisdiction, the decision shall be in accordance with the opinion of the Senior Judge;
(b) in other cases, the bench before which the question has arisen shall refer the question to
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(Chapter II.—The Chief Court.—Sections 11—14.)
to a full bench, and shall dispose of the case in accordance with the decision of the full bench.
Source: India Code