Landmark case · Interpretation of Statutes · Semester 4

K.P. Varghese v. Income-tax Officer

AIR 1981 SC 1922 · Supreme Court of India

A proviso and the speech of the Finance Minister were used as aids to confine section 52(2) of the Income-tax Act to understatement of consideration.

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Internal aids: long title, preamble, headings, illustrations, explanation, proviso and punctuation — Unit IV, Interpretation of Statutes.

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