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Shahnaz Ayurvedics vs Commissioner Of Central Excise on 29 January, 2004 Equivalent citations: 2004(173

been held that the maxim is applicable in construing ancient Statute but not to interpret Acts which are comparatively modern and an interpretation should ... Court observed that the principle of contemporeneo expositio, i.e. interpreting a document by reference to the exposition it has received from Competent Authority