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Interpretation of Statute

SCR 148. Interpretation of Statutes, as a general principle of interpretation, where the words of a statute are plain, precise and unambiguous, the intention of the legislature is to be gathered from the language of the statute … the statute may be looked into for the purpose of ascertaining the object which the legislature had in view in using the words in question, Anandji Haridas & Co. Pvt. Ltd. v. Engineering Mazdoor Sangh, AIR 1975

Person

SCR 993. Taking into account the object of the Act there could be no difficulty in giving the plain meaning to the word 'person' as not being confined to Govern-ment servants for it is seen that accommodation … individual having a specified kind of bodily appearance, the body of a human being as presented to public view usually with its appropriate coverings and clothing; a living individual unit; a being possessing or forming the subject

Magna Carta

chapter four prohibited the guardian from wasting the lands of his ward, and from destroying his tenants, a plain indication of the wretched condition of the serfs in those days; chapter five compelled such guardians to keep … been subjected to a conviction, it was no doubt reasonable that every one should have a power of dissenting, and not be bound by the opinion of the others. The 30th chapter evinces a liberal treatment of

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Dealer, auction

that non-resident dealer and carrying the same by motor boats etc. Within the State of Orissa. On a plain reading of the Explanation it clearly is not a requirement qua the manager or agent that the manager … the normal course of his business attends sales by auction for the purpose of purchasing goods with a view to reselling them, Auctions (Bidding Agreements) Act, 1927, s. 1(2) (UK), Halsbury's Laws of England (2), para 944,

Judicial power

Judicial power, 'judicial power' may be defined as the power to examine questions submitted for determination with a view to the pronouncement of an authoritative decision as to rights and liabilities of one or more parties, Firm … decision, then but only by then, according to the definition quoted, all the attributes of judicial power are plainly present, Words and Phrases, Vol. 3, p. 113. Means the power which every sovereign authority must of necessity

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