non-obstante clause – Court must ascertain the intention of the legislature by directing its attention not merely to the clauses to be construed but to the entire statute

“68… the Court must ascertain the intention of the legislature by directing its attention not merely to the clauses to be construed but to the entire statute; it must compare the clause with the other parts of the law and the setting in which the clause to be interpreted occurs.”

State Bank of West Bengal v. Union of India, [(1964) 1 SCR 371],