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15. In the instant case, a copy of the decree has not been filed by either of the parties. The judgment and order dated 21.9.2006 shows that the plaints were received and registered on 24.3.1986. The respondent cannot be permitted to take advantage of a mistake made by the court and raise a technical objection to defeat the cause of substantial justice. The legal maxim, ‘Actus Curiae Neminem Gravabit’ i.e. an act of Court shall prejudice no man, comes into play. (See: Jayalakshmi Coelho v. Oswald Joseph Coelho, AIR 2001 SC 1084; and Bhagwati Developers Private Ltd. v. Peerless General Finance Investment Company Ltd. & Ors., AIR 2013 SC 1690).