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Prakash Kumar @ Prakash Bhutto vs State Of Gujarat on 12 January, 2005
"13. A cardinal principle of statutory interpretation is that a
provision in a statute must be read as a whole and not in
isolation ignoring the other provisions of that statute. While
dealing with a statutory instrument, one cannot be allowed to
pick and choose. It will be grossly unjust if the Court allows a
person to single out and avail the benefit of a provision from a
chain of provisions which is favourable to him. Reference may
be made to a constitutional bench decision of this Court in the
case of Prakash Kumar v. State of Gujarat: (2005) 2 SCC 409.
The Court, in para 30, of that judgment observed as follows: