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"48. .... The compromise decree, as indicated hereinabove, even if void was required to be set aside. A consent decree, as is well known, is as good as a contested decree. Such a decree must be set aside if it has been passed in violation of law. For the said purpose, the provisions contained in the Limitation Act, 1963 would be applicable. It is not the law that where the decree is void, no period of limitation shall be attracted at all.
In State of Rajasthan v. D.R.Laxmi MANU/SC/2073/1996: 1996 (6) SCC 445, this Court held: