Supreme Court of India

Maharaja Book Depot v. State of Gujarat

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Reported as [1979] 2 S.C.R. 138
Bench V.D. Tulzapurkar J.
Decided 24 October 1978

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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 in favour of the subject, to be llpplied only lvhen there is some equivocation or ambiguity about a word or provision. 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

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