M. Pentiah And Others vs Muddala Veeramallappa And Others on 7 November, 1960
This statement of law made by
Lord Denning has been consistently followed by this Court
starting in the case of M. Pentiah and Ors. v. Muddala
Veeramallappa and Ors. : [1961]2SCR295 and followed as
recently as in the case of S. Gopal Reddy v. Slate of Andhra
Pradesh : 1996CriLJ3237 . Thus, following the above Rule of
interpretation and with a view to iron out the creases in the
impugned Rule which offends Article 14, we interpret Rule 7
as follows : "Local student means a student who has passed
H.S.C./New S.S.C. examination and the qualifying
examination from any of the High Schools or Colleges
situated within the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation limits
and includes a permanent resident student of Ahmedabad
Municipality who acquires the above qualifications from any
of the High School or College situated within Ahmedabad
Urban Development Area."