construction, for
to do so would be to attribute to the Legislature and
intention which it has not chosen to express and to usurp ... intention,
but one of those expressions will convey that intention more
clearly than the other, it is proper to conclude that, if
the legislature used
definition of the “child”, it will be
against the manifest intention of the legislature. As an
instance, he has referred to Section ... from the normal rule of
construction which is that the intention of the legislature
should be primarily gathered from the words which are
used
intended respectively to be achieved
by them also negative any intention
of the legislature to attract the
rule of ejusdem generis.
(emphasis supplied ... obscurity,
and there is no ambiguity and the
intention of the legislature is
clearly conveyed, there is no scope
for the Court to take upon
Credit in respect of any transaction of taxable purchase. Since intention of the Legislature is to avoid misuse and tax evasion, the time limit prescribed ... question whether shall is mandatory or directory depends on the language, intention of legislature and scheme and design and whether consequences spelt. Reliance was placed
settled that the real intention of the legislation must be gathered from
the language used. ......But the intention of the legislature must be found ... intention expressed in the Acts themselves. The object of all
interpretation is to discover the intention of Parliament, "but the intention
of Parliament must
made of special diaries have done much to frustrate the intention of the Legislature, and unintentionally to encourage the Police to evade ... person or his agent. It could not have been the intention of the Legislature that such object should be obtained only when it should appear
whether a statute is mandatory or directory depends upon the intent of the legislature ... upon the language in which the intent is clothed. The meaning and intention of the legislature must govern, and these are to be ascertained
operative societies consecutively for more than two terms. Therefore, the intention of the Legislature in enacting the restriction in Section ... enactment and to be in accordance with the objects and the Legislature intent in enacting the provision. In the decision Carew
view that in order to give effect to the real intention of the Legislature it is permissible to read ... pages 205 and 206:
To carry out the intention of the Legislature, it is occasionally found necessary to read the conjunctions
Legislature is to be inferred one is likely to resort to judicial legislation in the guise of giving effect to the Legislature's intention ... contained) express words indicating such intention.
A Court is entitled to take into account an intention of the Legislature only when interpreting words used
