Calender month - Indian Laws - General

Calender month In Webster s Third New International Dictionary (unabridged), Word month is described as; As a measure of time corresponding or nearly corresponding to the period of time moon s revolution or as one of the twelve portions into which the year is divided in the G regorian calender as also a period of time about the length of a lunar month but not necessarily coinciding with a calender month. The same dictionary also explains term calender month as one of the months as named in the calender or the period from a day of one month to the corresponding day of the next month if such exists or if not to the last day of the next month. In Judicial Officer s Law Lexicon by Justice C.K. Thakker term calender month is explained as under: A period of time consisting of 30 days in April, June, September and November; of 31 days in the remainder of the months, except February, which consists of 28 days, except in leap-year, when the intercalary day is added, making 29 days. In Judicial Dictionary by Aiyar s , the term calender month is described As a legal and technical term in computation the time by calender months, the time must be reckoned by looking at calender and by not computing test. Black s Law Dictionary describes the term month As one of the twelve periods of time in which the calender is divided, any time period approximating 30 days. In Law Lexicon by T.P.Mukherjee [5th Edition], it is stated the word month would in its ordinary acceptance, mean a calender month and not a lunar month . CIT-I VERSUS ARVIND MILLS LIMITED - 2011 (9) TMI 244 - GUJARAT HIGH COURT