Principles of beneficial construction - Indian Laws - General

Principles of beneficial construction- Maxwell on the Interpretation of Statutes, twelfth edition, page 92 : . ..... even where the usual meaning of the words falls short of the object of the Legislature, a more extended meaning may be attributed to them, if they are fairly susceptible of it ...... this relaxation of strictly literal principles of interpretation (has been referred to) as beneficial construction : and the modern cases provide many instances of the judge's reluctance to stand upon the letter of a statute. They will not, of course, supply omissions, but where they are faced with a choice between a wide meaning which carries out what appears to have been the object of the Legislature more fully, and a narrow meaning which carries it out less fully or not at all, they will often choose the former. Beneficial construction is a tendency, rather than a rule. (BENGAL LAMPS LIMITED- 1990 (9) TMI 360 - CALCUTTA HIGH COURT)