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Pakala Narayana Swami vs Emperor on 19 January, 1939

55. The provisions of Section 48(2) and Section 48(4) are very clear and a different intention in the new Act has been expressed in very clear terms. There is hardly any scope for interpreting it differently or imputing any intention to such clear works. The principles in this regard have been very succinctly summarised by Lord Atkin in Pakala Narayan Swami v. Emperor, reported in AIR 1939 Privy Council 47. The learned Judge said, "when the meaning of the words is plain it is not the duty of the Courts to busy themselves with supposed intentions" (page 51 of the report).
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