Decree - S. 2(2) |
Order S. 2(14) |
Can only be passed in a suit originated by the presentation of a plaint. |
Can be passed in a suit originated by the presentation of a plaint, application, or petition. |
Contains Conclusive Determination of a right |
May or may not finally determine a right. |
May be final, preliminary, or partly preliminary - partly final. |
Cannot be a preliminary order. |
In general, there can only be one decree or at the most one preliminary and one final decree in a suit. |
There can be any number of orders in a suit. |
Every decree is appealable unless an appeal is expressly barred. |
Only those orders which are specified as appealable in the code are appealable. |
A second appeal may lie against a decree to a High Court on certain grounds. |
There is no second appeal for orders. |