Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 97 · Decided 8 April 1987
Joint Director of Mines Safety v. Tandur & Nayandgi Stone Quarries (P) LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 97 · [1987] 2 S.C.R. 800
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 502/1974
- Decided
- 8 April 1987
- Bench
- A.P. SEN, V. BALAKRISHNA ERADI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Mines Act, 1952 Sections 2(h), 3(1)(b)(ii), 17 and 22-Qualified Manager for mine-Appointment of-word 'and' in Section 3(1)(b) (ii)-lnterpretation of-To be read disjunctively-Not as being C conjunctive. D Interpretation of Statutes-Having regard to legislative intent manifested by the scheme of the and not as being conjunctive. The 111/ipector of Mines, after an inspection, found that the res­ pondents were engaged in working an open cast mine and that the nnmher of persollli employed on any one day exceeded 50. As respon­ dents fell within the mischief of the proviso to
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