Interpretation And Construction

Interpretation and construction, The very concept of interpretation connotes the introduction of elements which are necessarily extrinsic to the words in the statute. Though the words 'interpretation' and 'construction' are used interchangeably, the idea is somewhat different. Dr. Patrick Devlin says: A better word, I think, would be construction, because construction, although one often used it alternatively with interpretation, suggests that something more is being got out in the elucidation of the subject matter than can be got by strict interpretation of the words used. In the very full sense of the word 'construction' the judges have set themselves in this branch of the law to try to frame the law as they would like to have it, Commissioner of Wealth Tax v. Hashmatunnisa Begum, AIR 1989 SC 1024 (1929): (1989) Supp 2 SCC 43.