rule
In discharging its interpretative function, the Court can
correct obvious drafting errors and so in suitable cases “the court
will add words, or omit
these words may be ignored as being
surplusage or a drafting error, and refers to rulings in
which such a course was adopted. The first ... Income-tax v. Linsleys Ltd. (3). It dealt with an obvious
drafting error. Section 68(2) of the English Finance
Act,1952, contained a reference
appearing on behalf of the Corporation submitted
that there was a drafting error in rule 10 (a), and as a
matter of interpretation the Court
will not be accepted
except for compelling reasons such as obvious
drafting errors. ..
15. It is well settled that literal interpretation
should be given
further submits that the
defendants cannot take advantage of minor drafting errors and inaccuracies
on which nothing, otherwise, turns.
Defendants Submissions in Sur-Rejoinder
settlement thereafter?
Ans. A draft lease was made in the month of April and thereafter there were some drafting errors in the draft lease deed
replied in positive. He submitted that it may be simply a drafting error that these words have inadvertently crept in the statute but once these ... capitalizing on, what he perceived as, a 'lacunae in drafting of Explanation to Section 73 '. It was on the basis of these submissions
Rana Nahid @ Reshma @ Sana vs Sahidul Haq Chisti on 18 June, 2020
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interpretation of statutes that the Court is obliged to
correct obvious drafting errors and adopt the
constructive role of 'finding the intention of
Parliament
Section 28(3) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Drafting error
can be corrected and defect cured under this Clause to make the contract ... conform to the true intention of the parties. Removing the drafting error is
not to re-write the contract. The Arbitral Tribunal
