maxim ‘expressio unius est exclusio alterius’

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..... rement for other purposes. Here the maxim expressio unius est exclusion alterius may be invoked to deny a right to notice and hearing in a context where the statute or the rules are silent. But this maxim, like so many other aids to interpretation, certainly requires to be watched , it may be a valuable servant, but a dangerous master to follow... The exclusio is often the result of inadvertence o .....

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..... ander Vajpai v. Triloki Singh- 1956 (12) TMI 43 - SUPREME COURT , the Court referred to the following passage from the Maxwell on Interpretation of Statutes, 10th Edition, pages 316-317: Provisions sometimes found in statutes, enacting imperfectly or for particular cases only that which was already and more widely the law, have occasionally furnished ground for the contention that an intention to .....

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