- C.P.C. — The doctrine of contradictory decree is no more a good law as has been held by this Court in an unreported case entitled “Sardar Nazir Khan V. Muhammad Shaukat Khan’’ [Civil Appeal No. 99 of 1998 decided on 12.08.1998]. Muhammad Akbar Khan and another v. Azad Govt. and 11 others 1999 SCR 369 (C)