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• Civil Procedure as a facilitative framework - Main points and insights:
• The primary purpose of civil procedure is to facilitate justice and further its ends, not to serve as a penal enactment for punishment or penalties ["Ishwar Lal Bhagat Ram VS Asulal - Rajasthan"], ["TILOTAMA BEWA VS TIRTHA DEHURI - Orissa"], ["PANCHU MAHAKUD VS P. C. MOHANTY - Orissa"], ["Milan Kanti Das VS Pandav Chandra Paul - Gauhati"], ["Bhagwan Swarup VS Mool Chand - Supreme Court"], ["Centenary Baptish Church, Nakkalagutta,hanmkonda VS Shyamsunder - Andhra Pradesh"], ["Dwarika Prasad VS Savitri Devi - Allahabad"], ["Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd. VS Commissioner of Central Excise , Merrut - Custom Excise And Service Tax Appellate Tribunal"], ["Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd. VS Commissioner of Central Excise, Meerut - Custom Excise And Service Tax Appellate Tribunal"], ["DUKHTAR JAHAN VS ADDL DISTRICT JUDGE II ETC DISTRICT UDHAM SINGH NAGAR - Allahabad"], ["AMRESH Vs MAREWWA AND ORS - Karnataka"].
• It is described as machinery or a set of rules designed to aid the administration of law, ensuring fair play and substantive justice ["Ishwar Lal Bhagat Ram VS Asulal - Rajasthan"], ["TILOTAMA BEWA VS TIRTHA DEHURI - Orissa"], ["PANCHU MAHAKUD VS P. C. MOHANTY - Orissa"], ["Milan Kanti Das VS Pandav Chandra Paul - Gauhati"], ["Bhagwan Swarup VS Mool Chand - Supreme Court"], ["Centenary Baptish Church, Nakkalagutta,hanmkonda VS Shyamsunder - Andhra Pradesh"], ["Dwarika Prasad VS Savitri Devi - Allahabad"], ["AMRESH Vs MAREWWA AND ORS - Karnataka"].
• Several judgments emphasize that procedural laws are handmaids of justice, meant to facilitate rather than obstruct or penalize ["Ishwar Lal Bhagat Ram VS Asulal - Rajasthan"], ["TILOTAMA BEWA VS TIRTHA DEHURI - Orissa"], ["PANCHU MAHAKUD VS P. C. MOHANTY - Orissa"], ["Milan Kanti Das VS Pandav Chandra Paul - Gauhati"], ["Bhagwan Swarup VS Mool Chand - Supreme Court"], ["Centenary Baptish Church, Nakkalagutta,hanmkonda VS Shyamsunder - Andhra Pradesh"], ["Dwarika Prasad VS Savitri Devi - Allahabad"], ["AMRESH Vs MAREWWA AND ORS - Karnataka"], ["Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd. VS Commissioner of Central Excise , Merrut - Custom Excise And Service Tax Appellate Tribunal"], ["Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd. VS Commissioner of Central Excise, Meerut - Custom Excise And Service Tax Appellate Tribunal"], ["DUKHTAR JAHAN VS ADDL DISTRICT JUDGE II ETC DISTRICT UDHAM SINGH NAGAR - Allahabad"].

• The language consistently underscores that procedural laws are not punitive but are intended to promote fairness, natural justice, and the smooth functioning of courts ["Ishwar Lal Bhagat Ram VS Asulal - Rajasthan"], ["TILOTAMA BEWA VS TIRTHA DEHURI - Orissa"], ["PANCHU MAHAKUD VS P. C. MOHANTY - Orissa"], ["Milan Kanti Das VS Pandav Chandra Paul - Gauhati"], ["Bhagwan Swarup VS Mool Chand - Supreme Court"], ["Centenary Baptish Church, Nakkalagutta,hanmkonda VS Shyamsunder - Andhra Pradesh"], ["Dwarika Prasad VS Savitri Devi - Allahabad"], ["AMRESH Vs MAREWWA AND ORS - Karnataka"].

• Analysis and Conclusion:

• The collected judgments and legal principles clearly establish that civil procedure is not a penal statute but a body of law designed to aid the attainment of justice. Its purpose is to create a procedural framework that ensures fair, efficient, and just adjudication, rather than to punish or penalize parties ["Ishwar Lal Bhagat Ram VS Asulal - Rajasthan"], ["TILOTAMA BEWA VS TIRTHA DEHURI - Orissa"], ["PANCHU MAHAKUD VS P. C. MOHANTY - Orissa"], ["Milan Kanti Das VS Pandav Chandra Paul - Gauhati"], ["Bhagwan Swarup VS Mool Chand - Supreme Court"], ["Centenary Baptish Church, Nakkalagutta,hanmkonda VS Shyamsunder - Andhra Pradesh"], ["Dwarika Prasad VS Savitri Devi - Allahabad"], ["AMRESH Vs MAREWWA AND ORS - Karnataka"].
• This understanding aligns with the fundamental principle that procedural laws are meant to facilitate substantive justice and are not intended to be used as tools of penalization or to create hurdles in justice delivery ["Ishwar Lal Bhagat Ram VS Asulal - Rajasthan"], ["TILOTAMA BEWA VS TIRTHA DEHURI - Orissa"], ["PANCHU MAHAKUD VS P. C. MOHANTY - Orissa"], ["Milan Kanti Das VS Pandav Chandra Paul - Gauhati"], ["Bhagwan Swarup VS Mool Chand - Supreme Court"], ["Centenary Baptish Church, Nakkalagutta,hanmkonda VS Shyamsunder - Andhra Pradesh"], ["Dwarika Prasad VS Savitri Devi - Allahabad"], ["AMRESH Vs MAREWWA AND ORS - Karnataka"].
• Therefore, civil procedure is rightly regarded as a procedural framework aimed at promoting justice, not as a penal enactment for punishment.