Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 369 · Decided 23 August 2005
Sangeeta Singh v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 369 · [2005] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 823
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8737/2003
- Decided
- 23 August 2005
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, H.K. SEMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Interpretation of Statutes-Casus Ornissus-Eligibility criteria enumer­ ating prohibited categories of relationships for obtaining petroleum product dealership-Certain relationships specifically not mentioned-Writ petitions filed before High Court allowed holding that a literal or narrow figure within the prohibited categories-On appeal Held, Courts cannot read anything into a statutory provisions or a stipulated condition which is plain and unambiguous-Defective phrasing of an Act cannot be added to or mended so to make up the deficiencies-Rules of D interpretation do not
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