Supreme Court of India

Utkal Contractors & Joinery Private Limited & Ors. Etc. v. State of Orissa & Ors.

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Reported as [1987] 3 S.C.R. 317

Bench O. Chinnappa Reddy and V. Khalid JJ.

Decided 7 May 1987

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Orissa Forest Produce (Control of Trade) Act, 1981: ss. 5(l)(a) and 5(1)(b)-Whether applicable to forest produce grown in Govern ment lands-Existing contracts for collection, purchase and sale of sal seeds in respect of Government forests-Whether rescinded. Statutory interpretation: Wide words not to be given literal meaning-To be construed contextually restricting scope of pro vision in consonance with the object, reasons and scheme of the Act. Sub-section (1) of s. 5 of the Orissa Forest Produce (Control of Trade) Act, 1981 provides that on the issue of a notification under sub-s. (3) of

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