Union Of India vs Hansoli Devi & Ors on 12 September, 2002
In this connection,
reliance is placed on the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in
Union of India Vs. Hansoli Devi & Ors. in Civil Appeal No. 9477
of 1994 dated 12.09.2002 wherein it has been observed,
"In Quebec Railway, Light Heat and Power Co. v. Vandray, AIR (1920)
PC 181, it had been observed that the Legislature is deemed not to
waste its words or to say anything in vain and a construction which
attributes redundancy to the legislature will not be accepted except for
compelling reasons."