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In Bhinka v. Charan Singh (1959), the Supreme Court relied on Maxwell's statement about headings…

Bhinka v Charan Singh quoted Maxwell that headings "are regarded as preambles to those sections; they cannot control plain words but may explain ambiguous words". The Court…

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In Bhinka v. Charan Singh (1959), the Supreme Court relied on Maxwell's statement about headings prefixed to sections or groups of sections. According to that statement, such headings:

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Bhinka v Charan Singh quoted Maxwell that headings "are regarded as preambles to those sections; they cannot control plain words but may explain ambiguous words". The Court found no ambiguity there and used the heading only to confirm its reading.

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