INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES AND PRINCIPLES OF LIGISLATION
(OLD AND NEW)
NOV/DEC 2020
1. ‘A statute must prima facie be given their ordinary meaning’.
Elucidate. 2. What is a beneficial construction? Are there any limitations on it. 3. Explain the relevancy of contemporania exposito in statutory construction. 4. Can the court over-lock ‘causus omissus rule’ in interpretation of the statute? Analyse. 5. Explain the Mischief Rule of statutory construction with decided cases. 6. What are the general principles applied in construing remedial statute? Examine. 7. Explain the measure of pleasure and pain. 8. Write a short note on any two: a) Ganga Clause b) Reddendo Singula Singulis c) marginal note 9. Solve any two problems: a) Avatar contends before the competent court that the sale of betel leaves shall not be made liable for sale tax relying a dictionary meaning given on the said term as vegetable. Decide. b) Ram who is sentenced to life imprisonment pleas to the court which passed such sentence to set-off the period of pre-conviction u/s 428 of Cr.P.C. But the Government pleader opposes it u/s 433-A of Cr.P.C. Decide. c) A retired employee raises an industrial dispute claiming himself as workman u/s 2(s) of the Industrial Dispute Act, 1947. The employer opposes it. Decide.