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Court was concerned with the meaning of the expression “posting” which occurs in Article 233 of the Constitution, qua District ...
Tag: Interpretation of Statutes
Interpretation of Statutes – Mandatory or directory
Interpretation of Statutes - In determining the question whether provision is mandatory or directory, language alone is not always decisive ...
Interpretation of Statutes , — Plain meaning Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (V of 1908) , Preamble
Interpretation of Statutes , — Plain meaning Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (V of 1908) , Preamble— Per Das J. : ...
Nonobstante clause – Statutory Interpretation
Criminal trial Interpretation of Statutes - Statutory Interpretation - Settled principle of statutory interpretation that a clause or a Section ...
A prior general Act may be effected by a subsequent particular or a special Act
Interpretation of Statutes A well known principle of law that a prior general Act may be effected by a subsequent ...
While interpreting the provisions of a statute, the court avoids rejection or addition of words and resorts to that only in exceptional circumstances to achieve the purpose of the Act or give purposeful meaning.
Interpretation of Statutes “17. Ordinarily, the offence is compounded under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure and the power ...
Interpretation of Statutes – It is contrary to all rules of construction to read words into an Act unless it is necessary to do so
"… we cannot aid the legislature's defective phrasing of an Act, we cannot add or mend and, by construction, makeup ...
Statutes – When power is exercised on account of an intent gaining a legitimate goal it can be called colourable exercise of power and the same can be held to have not been exercised bona fide for the end design
When power is exercised on account of an intent gaining a legitimate goal it can be called colourable exercise of ...