CA-0007Canons · Interpretation · Wanted
Noscitur a Sociis
Scope
A word is known by the company it keeps: a wider canon than ejusdem generis, and its limits where the legislature has used wide words deliberately.
Authorities to start from
- State of Bombay v. Hospital Mazdoor Sabha, AIR 1960 SC 610
- Rohit Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd. v. CCE, (1990) 3 SCC 447
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