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In Raghunath Rai Bareja v. Punjab National Bank (2006), the Supreme Court described the literal rule as…

In Raghunath Rai Bareja the Court said the other rules apply "only when the plain words of the statute are ambiguous", and that departure from the literal rule should be…

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In Raghunath Rai Bareja v. Punjab National Bank (2006), the Supreme Court described the literal rule as the first and foremost principle of interpretation. According to the Court, the other rules of interpretation can be resorted to:

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In Raghunath Rai Bareja the Court said the other rules apply "only when the plain words of the statute are ambiguous", and that departure from the literal rule should be made only in very rare cases. Equity cannot justify a departure, because the Court held that equity can only supplement the law.

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