Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 214 · Decided 24 October 1978
Maharaja Book Depot v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 214 · [1979] 2 S.C.R. 138
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 227/1977
- Decided
- 24 October 1978
- Bench
- V.D. TULZAPURKAR, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 227
Headnote
Essential Commoditi.s Act, 1955 (Act 10 of 1955) Section 3(a)(vii) and the Gujarat Essential Articles Dealer (Regulation) Order 1971-Schedule I, Iteln. 13- Term "Paper"-Whether includes "exercise-books''. Interpretation of Statutes-Rule of strict construction or narrow construction about a word or provision. D E F G H The term "paper" is described as "paper", including newsprint, paper-board and strawboard" in s. 2(a) (vii) of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 as well as in Item 13 in Schedule I to the Gujarat Essenti~l Articles Dealers
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