Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 929 · Decided 23 August 1996
Suresh Lohiya v. State of Maharashtra and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 929 · [1996] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 130
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 430/1993
- Decided
- 23 August 1996
- Bench
- G.N. RAY, B.L. HANSARIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
LOHIYA v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR. AUGUST 23, 1996 B (G.N. RAY AND B.L. HANSARIA, JJ.) Indian Forest Act, 1927: Sectio11s 2( 4), ( 6) & (7). 'Forest-produce'-Bamboo mat-Held : did 11ot include bamboo C mat-A forest produce changed into commercially new and disti11ct product ceased to be i11 S. 2(6) did not refer to 'fashioned' bamboo. D /11terpretatio11 of Statutes : Judicial Legislatio11-Held: Not pennissible-Cowt could not read in the defi11ition of a provi ~ion somethi11g which was 1101 there. I11temal aids-Definition-Held : Whe11 a word was defined in Act E Courl had to
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