Landmark case · Interpretation of Statutes · Semester 4

Bengal Immunity Co. Ltd. v. State of Bihar

AIR 1955 SC 661 · Supreme Court of India

A construction that renders a constitutional limitation on State taxation effective is to be preferred to one that makes it futile.

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Avoiding absurdity, reading down and constitutional conformity — Unit V, Interpretation of Statutes.

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