Supreme Court · 1957 INSC 71 · Decided 17 September 1957
Subramania Goundan v. The State of Madras
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1957 INSC 71 · [1958] 1 S.C.R. 428
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 127/1957
- Decided
- 17 September 1957
- Bench
- BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA, P. GOVINDA MENON, J.L. KAPUR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Singh V, The E'/ection T.-ibunal, Bareil/y aflrl Others S. K. Das J. 1957 Septe1nher 11. 428 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [1958] 'demand' in standard English dictionaries and law lexicons. When the context makes the meaning of a word quite clear, it becomes unnecessary to search for and select a lexicons, it is well recognised that the word 'demand' may mean simply a 'claim' or 'due' without importing any further meaning of calling upon the person liable to pay the claim or due. For the reasons given above, we hold that not one of the contentions urged on behalf of the appellant is
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