Kanai Lal Sur vs Paramnidhi Sadhukhan on 10 September, 1957
"12. Before proceeding further, we may notice two
well-recognised rules of interpretation of statutes. The first
and primary rule of construction is that the intention of the
legislature must be found in the words used by the
legislature itself. If the words used are capable of one
construction, only then it would not be open to the courts to
adopt any other hypothetical construction on the ground
that such hypothetical construction is more consistent with
the alleged object and policy of the Act. The words used in
the material provisions of the statute must be interpreted in
their plain grammatical meaning and it is only when such
words are capable of two constructions that the question of
giving effect to the policy or object of the Act can
legitimately arise Kanai Lal Sur v. Paramnidhi Sadhukhan,
AIR 1957 SC 907.