_______ is to enable subordinate courts to obtain in non-appealable cases the opinion of the High Court in the absence of a question of law and thereby avoid the commission of an error which could not be remedied later on.
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A reference under Section 113 CPC allows subordinate courts to seek the High Court's opinion on questions of law in non-appealable cases. Since no appeal lies, a reference is the only way to get judicial guidance and avoid irreversible legal errors.