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CIT v. Ishwarlal Bhagwandas, (1966) 1 SCR 190, Court distinguished between civil proceedings and criminal proceedings in the context of...

IBC – Contrasts between Section 14 with Sections 96 and 101

Contrasts between Section 14 with Sections 96 and 101 from the point of view of a guarantor to a debt,...

IBC S. 14 – Object of

Swiss Ribbons (P) Ltd. v. Union of India, (2019) 4 SCC 17 states the raison d’être for Section 14 in...

noscitur a sociis – a mere rule of construction

In Pioneer Urban Land and Infrastructure Ltd. v. Union of India, (2019) 8 SCC 416, Court laid down the limits...

ejusdem generis – is a rule of construction and not a rule of law

Vikram Singh v. Union of India, (2015) 9 SCC 502, this Court was asked to construe the expression “government or...

noscitur a sociis – a court must be careful before blindly applying the principle

Godfrey Phillips India Ltd. v. State of U.P., (2005) 2 SCC 515, a Constitution Bench had to construe the meaning...

noscitur a sociis – interpretation should be made with pragmatism, not pedantically or in a stilted manner.

In CBI v. Braj Bhushan Prasad, (2001) 9 SCC 432, Court was asked to construe Section 89 of the Bihar...

noscitur a sociis : meaning of a word should be known from its accompanying or associating words

noscitur a sociis : meaning of a word should be known from its accompanying or associating words

ejusdem generis – interpreting the expression “other authorities” in Article 12 of the Constitution,

in Rajasthan State Electricity Board v. Mohan Lal, (1967) 3 SCR 377, Court had to decide whether the expression “other...

ejusdem generis – Interpretation ejusdem generis or noscitur a sociis need not always be made when words showing particular classes are followed by general words. Before the general words can be so interpreted there must be a genus constituted or a category disclosed with reference to which the general words can and are intended to be restricted.

Jagdish Chander Gupta v. Kajaria Traders (India) Ltd., (1964) 8 SCR 50, a five-Judge Bench had to decide as to...

noscitur a sociis

Court was concerned with the meaning of the expression “posting” which occurs in Article 233 of the Constitution, qua District...

CPC O. 7 R. 11(d) – Bar to approach the Civil Court – issue relating to a common drain between two private individuals

Civil Procedure Code 1908 (V of 1908) Order 7 Rule 11(d) - Bar to approach the Civil Court - There...

RATUL MAHANTA v. NIRMALENDU SAHA, 2021 SCeJ 1164

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before: Mr. Justice Hemant Gupta and Mr. Justice A.S. Bopanna. RATUL MAHANTA - Appellants. Versus NIRMALENDU...

CPC O. 7 R. 11, except for the disputes arising to the limited extent all other issues were held to be maintainable before the civil court. – Wakf Act S. 85.