Practice and procedure – Judgment has to be read as a whole , and if there are conflicting parts, they have to be reconciled harmoniously in order to yield  a result that will accord with an earlier decision of the same bench strength.

Ratio in Girish Kumar Suneja v. C.B.I., (2017) 14 SCC 809 – Despite what is stated in paragraphs 25, 29 and 32 (supra), the ratio of the judgment is to be found in paragraph 38, which is an exposition of the law correctly setting out what has been held earlier in Madhu Limaye (supra) –  A judgment has to be read as a whole, and if there are conflicting parts, they have to be reconciled harmoniously in order to yield  a result that will accord with an earlier decision of the same bench strength –  We read paragraph 38 as the correct ratio of the said judgment not only in terms of the applicability of Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, but also in terms of how it is to be applied.

ASIAN RESURFACING OF ROAD AGENCY PVT. LTD. V. CENTRAL BURUEAU OF INVESTIGATION, 2018 SCeJ 688