Supreme Court of India

Joint Director of Mines Safety v. Tandur & Nayandgi Stone Quarries (p) Ltd.

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Reported as [1987] 2 S.C.R. 800
Bench A.P. Sen and V. Balakrishna Eradi JJ.
Decided 8 April 1987

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Mines Act, 1952 Sections 2(h), 3(1)(b)(ii), 17 and 22-Qualified Manager for mine-Appointment of-word 'and' in Section 3(1)(b) (ii)-lnterpretation of-To be read disjunctively-Not as being conjunctive. Interpretation of Statutes-Having regard to legislative intent manifested by the scheme of the Act-Word 'and to be construed as 'or' and read disjunctively and not as being conjunctive. The 111/ipector of Mines, after an inspection, found that the res­ pondents were engaged in working an open cast mine and that the nnmher of persollli employed on any one day exceeded 50. As respon­ dents fell

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