Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 177 · Decided 19 September 1977
Union of India v. Sankal Chand Himatlal Sheth and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 177 · [1978] 1 S.C.R. 423
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1486/1976
- Decided
- 19 September 1977
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, P.N. BHAGWATI, V.R. KRISHNA IYER, N.L. UNTWALIA, S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 136, 222(1), 50, 217(1), 132, 133(1)
Headnote
INDIA v. SANKAL CHAND HIMATLAL SHETH AND ANR. September 19, 1977 [Y. V. CHANDRACHUD, P. N. BHAGWATI, V. R. KRISHNA IYER, N. L. UNTWALIA AND S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, JJ.J Practice and Procedure-When there has been a challenge to the constitu­ llonality of an Act, compending, of the /is cannot of harimonious construction, essence of. Interpretation of statutes-Meaning of words-Rule of constructio11- Must he excunined in its context and in the sense which the legislature has· in view. ).- Interpretation of statutes-Interpretation of a constitutional code-Legislatire
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