In R.S. Nayak v. A.R. Antulay (1984), a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court departed from the…
R.S. Nayak held that "reports of the committee that preceded the legislation, reports of a Joint Parliamentary Committee, and reports of a commission set up to collect…
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In R.S. Nayak v. A.R. Antulay (1984), a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court departed from the earlier English decisions on external aids. It held that which of the following are permissible external aids to construction?
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R.S. Nayak held that "reports of the committee that preceded the legislation, reports of a Joint Parliamentary Committee, and reports of a commission set up to collect information leading to the legislation" are permissible external aids. In doing so it departed from the earlier English rule that excluded such material.
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