Meaning of "enactments" - Indian Laws - General

Meaning of enactments Lord Denning has stated the judges task in reading the meaning of enactments: The English language is not an instrument of mathematical precision. Our literature would be much poorer if it were He must set to work in the constructive task of finding the intention of Parliament and he must do this not only from the language of the statute, but also from a consideration of the social conditions which gave rise, to it and of the mischief which it was passed to remedy , and then he must supplement the written word so as to give 'force and life to the intention of the legislature.................. A judge should ask himself the question, how, if the makers of the Act had themselves come across this ruck in the texture of it, they would have straightened it out ? He must then do as they would have done. A Judge must not alter the material of which the Act is woven, but he can and should iron out the creases. The duty of the court is to interpret the words that the legislature has used; those words may be ambiguous, but. even if they are, the power and duty of the court to travel outside them on a voyage of discovery are strictly limited. The Industrial Disputes-Malhotra, Vol.1) [ BANGALORE WATER SUPPLY SEWERAGE BOARD VERSUS A. RAJAPPA- 1978 (2) TMI 204 - SUPREME COURT]