Interpretation of Word ‘Or’ and ‘And’

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..... y where the intention of the legislature is manifest. Justice G.P. Singh in the Principles of Statutory Interpretation (Thirteenth Edition 2012) page 485 has stated as follows: The word or is normally disjunctive and and is normally conjunctive but at time they are read as vice versa to give effect to the manifest intention of the Legislature as disclosed from the context. As stated by SCRUTTON, L .....

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..... es grammatical distortion and makes no sense of the portion following and , or cannot be read in place of and . The alternatives joined by or need not always be mutually exclusive. [CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR RESEARCH IN AYURVEDIC SCIENCES ANR. VERSUS BIKARTAN DAS ORS. - 2023 (8) TMI 1425 - SUPREME COURT ] - Manuals - Ready reckoner - Law and practice - Reference Guide - Quick Commentary Tax Managemen .....

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