Days included or excluded - Indian Laws - General

Days included or excluded- As per Halsbury s Laws of England, 37th Edn., Vol.3, p. 92. We deem it appropriate to quote the same. Days included or excluded When a period of time running from a given day or even to another day or event is prescribed by law or fixed as contract, and the question arises whether the computation is to be made inclusively or exclusively of the first-mentioned or of the last mentioned day, regard must be had to the context and to the purposes for which the computation has to be made. Where there is room for doubt, the enactment or instrument ought to be so construed as to effectuate and not to defeat the intention of Parliament or of the parties, as the case may be. Expressions such as from such a day or until such a day are equivocal, since they do not make it clear whether the inclusion or the exclusion of the day named may be intended. As a general rule, however, the effect of defining a period in such a manner is to exclude the first day and to include the last day. ECON ANTRI LTD. VERSUS ROM INDUSTRIES LTD. AND ANOTHER- 2013 (9) TMI 246 - SUPREME COURT