Yashdeep Trexim vs Board For Industrial And Financial ... on 25 January, 2011
The decisions
in Pali Devi v. Chairman Managing Committee reported in (1996) 3 SCC 296
[holding that the word 'employee' in Section 20(2) of the Minimum Wages Act
includes ex-employee], S. Gopal Reddy v. State of A.P. reported in (1996) 4 SCC
596 (where 'marriage' in the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 was ruled to include
proposed marriage which did not ultimately take place), K.V. Muthu v.
Angamuthu Ammal reported in AIR 1997 SC 628 [where the word 'family' in
Section 2(6-A) of the Tamilnadu Buildings (Lease and Rent) Control Act, 1960
was read in the context to include a foster son] were relied on in support of the
submission that user of the word "means" to define an expression in the statute
is not decisive; what is important is the context in which the expression has been
used.