Beneficial Legislation Archives

MP High Court affirms JJ Act’s jurisdictional primacy over NIA Act in trials involving juveniles

“A person cannot be a juvenile for one purpose and an adult for other purpose. The Courts lean strongly against any construction which tends to reduce a statute to a futility.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | [Interpretation of Statutes] Principle of compassionate appointment should not be strictly applicable as it is a part of beneficial legislation

Jharkhand High Court: Deepak Roshan J., allowed the petition on merits. The facts of the case are such that the husband of

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | A beneficial provision must be meaningfully construed so as to advance the object of the Act, and curing any lacuna or defect appearing in the same

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of L. Narayana Swamy, CJ and Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J. dismissed the appeal being devoid