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1 - 10 of 43 (1.85 seconds)George Anthony Harris vs Millicent Spencer on 11 August, 1932
(C) The judgments of learned Single Judges of this Court
in George Anthony Harris Vs. Millicent Spencer, AIR
(1933) Bom. 370 and Sharad Shankarrao Mane and etc. Vs.
Ashabai Shripati Mane, AIR (1997) Bom. 275 do not lay
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down the correct position of law in the context of Section
263 of the Succession Act. Resultantly, we uphold the
view of the learned Single Judge (Manish Pitale, J.) from
which order the present reference arises.
Section 263 in The Indian Succession Act, 1925 [Entire Act]
Section 50 in The Probate and Administration Act, 1977 [Entire Act]
Bihta Co-Operative Development Cane ... vs The Bank Of Bihar & Ors on 12 October, 1966
In Bihta Co-op.
Development and Cane Marketing Union Ltd. v. Bank
of Bihar [AIR 1967 SC 389] this Court was called
upon to consider Explanation to Section 48(1) of the
Bihar and Orissa Cooperative Societies Act, 1935. This
Court observed that the Court should not go only by
the label. The Court observed that an explanation
must be read ordinarily to clear up any ambiguity in
the main section and it cannot be construed to widen
the ambit of the section. However, if on a true reading
of an Explanation it appears to the Court in a given
case that the effect of the Explanation is to widen the
scope of the main section then effect must be given to
the legislative intent. It was held that in all such cases
the Court has to find out the true intention of the
legislature. Therefore, there is no Single yardstick to
decide whether an Explanation is enacted to clarify
the ambiguity or whether it is enacted to widen the
scope of the main section...."
S. Sundaram Pillai, Etc vs V.R. Pattabiraman Etc on 24 January, 1985
(emphasis supplied)
S. Sundaram Pillai v. Pattabiraman, (1985) 1 SCC 591
"46. ...It is now well settled that an Explanation added to a
statutory provision is not a substantive provision in any
sense of the term but as the plain meaning of the word itself
shows it is merely meant to explain or clarify certain
ambiguities which may have crept in the statutory
provision. Sarathi in Interpretation of Statutes while
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dwelling on the various aspects of an Explanation observes
as follows:
Gita Alias Gita Ravi vs Mary Jenet James Alias M.J. James And ... on 17 November, 1994
xviii. Gita alias Gita Ravi v. Mary Janet James , 1995-2 LW
831.
xix.
The Indian Succession Act, 1925
Dattatraya Govind Mahajan & Ors. Etc vs State Of Maharashtra & Anr on 27 January, 1977
Dattatraya Govind Mahajan v. State of Maharashtra, (1977)
2 SCC 548
"9. ...It is true that the orthodox function of an explanation
is to explain the meaning and effect of the main provision
to which it is an explanation and to clear up any doubt or
ambiguity in it. But ultimately it is the intention of the
legislature which is paramount and mere use of a label
cannot control or deflect such intention. It must be
remembered that the legislature has different ways of
expressing itself and in the last analysis the words used by
the legislature alone are the true repository of the intent of
the legislature and they must be construed having regard to
the context and setting in which they occur. Therefore, even
though the provision in question has been called an
Explanation, we must construe it according to its plain
language and not on any a priori considerations...."
Promode Kumar Roy vs Sephalika Dutta on 13 August, 1956
vii. Promode Kumar Roy v. Sephalika Dutta, AIR 1957 Cal.