CA-0046Canons · Interpretation · Wanted
No Surplusage
Scope
The presumption that the legislature does not waste words, so that every word is given a meaning if possible.
Authorities to start from
- Aswini Kumar Ghose v. Arabinda Bose, AIR 1952 SC 369
- J.K. Cotton Spinning & Weaving Mills Co. Ltd. v. State of U.P., AIR 1961 SC 1170
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