Statutory Interpretation

The Book adapted from the author's treatise on "Interpretation of Statues" in designed for students. It would also be useful to busy advocates, officers and authorities administering laws. It deals with:

• General Concept of law: Supreme, subordinate, referential and composite legislation, Judge Made Law
• Doctrines of precedents per incuriam, sub-silentio:
• Constitutional Validity of law, Presumption as to constitutionality, doctrine of path and substance, colorable legislation, reading down;
• Interpretation general principles ,sententia legis doctrines of casus omissus, noscitur a  sociis ejusdem generis:
• Interpretation rules - Literal, Golden, Mischief, purposive;
• Internal aids to Interpretation-preamble, marginal notes, definition clause, non obstante clause and other expressions:
• External aids to Interpretation-dictionaries. other acts, pari ,materia statutes. popular scientific and technical words, process of legislation, history of legislation, subsequent legislation, objects and reasons, minister's speech, parliamentary materials'
• Interpretation of on-going Acts
• Interpretation of welfare Legislation, Beneficial provisions, exceptions: 
• Interpretation of taxing statutes:
• Maxims and latin words generally used.