D. Saibaba vs Bar Council Of India & Anr on 6 May, 2003
In D. Saibaba v. Bar Council of India
((2003) 6 SCC 186) the Apex Court held that,
where the law provides a remedy to a person,
the provision has to be so construed in case of
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ambiguity as to make the availing of the
remedy practical and the exercise of power
conferred on the authority meaningful and
effective. A construction which would render
the provision nugatory ought to be avoided.
So far as the commencement of period of
limitation for filing the review petition is
concerned the expression 'the date of that
order' as occurring in Section 48AA of the
Advocates Act, 1961, has to be construed as
meaning the date of communication or
knowledge of the order to the review-
petitioner. Paragraphs 13 and 14 of the
judgment read thus;