CA-0023Canons · Interpretation · Wanted
Contemporanea Expositio
Scope
The reading given to a statute by those who administered it at the time, as an aid for old and ambiguous enactments.
Authorities to start from
- K.P. Varghese v. ITO, (1981) 4 SCC 173
- Desh Bandhu Gupta & Co. v. Delhi Stock Exchange Assn. Ltd., (1979) 4 SCC 565
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