CA-0012Canons · Interpretation · Wanted
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Scope
Narrowing wide words to save a statute from invalidity, and the limit that a court cannot rewrite it.
Authorities to start from
- Kedar Nath Singh v. State of Bihar, AIR 1962 SC 955
- DTC v. DTC Mazdoor Congress, 1991 Supp (1) SCC 600
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