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According to the Supreme Court in P.K. Unni v. Nirmala Industries (1990), the court cannot add words to…

In P.K. Unni the Court said it cannot add words to a statute, especially when "the literal reading produces an intelligible result". If the words make sense as they stand,…

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According to the Supreme Court in P.K. Unni v. Nirmala Industries (1990), the court cannot add words to a statute or read into it words which are not there, especially when:

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In P.K. Unni the Court said it cannot add words to a statute, especially when "the literal reading produces an intelligible result". If the words make sense as they stand, there is no ground to supply words, whatever the nature of the statute.

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