Gujarat High Court Civil Manual (subordinate court practice), 1960
The sections of the Code are many and the provisions detailed but it does not provide rules for all cases. Human affairs are so immensely varied and human language so ambiguous and imperfect that it is impossible to frame rules to suit all cases. General principles are indicated and many detailed rules prescribed, but much is left to the discretion of the Judges. The theory of the Code is that only in this way can the rigidity of written law be made elastic enough to suit the justice of particular cases. Where matters are left to the discretion of the Judge it is intended that he should use his discretion in the light of the facts of each case; and not limit it by rigid rules.