In Tolaram Relumal v. State of Bombay (1954), the Supreme Court, construing a penal provision of the…
In Tolaram Relumal v State of Bombay (1954), the Supreme Court held that where a penal provision admits of two reasonable constructions, the court must lean towards the one…
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In Tolaram Relumal v. State of Bombay (1954), the Supreme Court, construing a penal provision of the Bombay rent-control law of 1947, stated which rule for penal statutes?
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In Tolaram Relumal v State of Bombay (1954), the Supreme Court held that where a penal provision admits of two reasonable constructions, the court must lean towards the one that "exempts the subject from penalty". This is the rule of strict construction of penal statutes. A wide reading to catch every possible offender is the opposite of this rule.
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