In Dr. Subramanian Swamy vs. Dr. Manmohan Singh and Another (2012) 3 SCC 64 it is held that any anti-corruption law has to be interpreted...

Section 69 of the Act is the mechanism provided by the State Legislature as contemplated Under Article 243ZK(2) of the Constitution of Ind...

 Although we acknowledge the appellant’s plight who has suffered due to alleged acts of forgery, but we are not able to appreciate the ap...

 The Appellants have justly relied on the exposition in the case of Lala Balmukund (supra) , (in particular paragraphs 20 and 21), which h...

 Shri Sundaram's submission is also not in consonance with the law laid down in some of our judgments. The approach to statutes, which...

Section 87 of the proposed Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2018 cannot be looked at, at this stage, for the interpretation o...

Shri Viswanathan referred various judgments to us on the applications of the general versus special principle. In particular he relied st...

  Legislature has plenary powers of legislation within the fields assigned to it and can legislate prospectively or retrospectively, the g...

It   is   a   settled   principle   that   where   a   Tribunal   or statutory   appellate   Authority   that   has   been   conferre...

Shri Giri, in addition to the submissions raised by Shri Cama, on his special facts submitted that it was fallacious to take into ac...

 The principle of 'purposive interpretation' or 'purposive construction' is based on the understanding that the Court is...

Section 6 of the HMG Act is of seminal importance. It reiterates  Section 4(b) and again clarifies that guardianship covers both the person...

In the context of facts of the present case it is sufficient to observe that non statutory provisions can hardly be treated as mandatory ...

In this country we have a heritage of rich literature, it is interesting to note that literature of interpretation also is very well-k...

The Court has to interpret a statute and apply it to the facts. Hans Kelsen in his Pure Theory of Law (P. 355) makes a distinction betwe...

Thus, while submitting the terms of the compromise, it is mandatory that at least one of the grounds for eviction which is available unde...