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14. It is equally well settled that in interpreting a statute, effort should be made to give effect to each and every word used by the legislature. The courts always presume that the legislature inserted every part thereof for a purpose and the legislative intention is that every part of the statute should have effect. A construction which attributes redundancy to the legislature will not be accepted except for compelling reasons such as obvious drafting errors. (See State of U.P. v. Dr. Vijay Anand Maharaj, Rananjaya Singh v. Baijnath Singh, Kanai Lal Sur v. Paramnidhi Sadhukhan, Nyadar Singh v. Union of India, J.K. Cotton Spg. and Wvg. Mills Co. Ltd. v. State of U.P. and Ghanshyamdas v. CST.).