Duty of the Court

The duty of the Court is to see that the purpose of the Act is carried out and a construction which will defeat the purpose of the act or which will travel beyond it has to be avoided. Bishamber Singh v. state of orissa, AIR 1955 SC 1939. The Court should try to harmonies the conflicting provisions. Raj Krishan Bose v. Binod Kannngo, AIR 1954 SC 202. A construction which is logical should be placed upon a statute . Kalidas v. State of Bombay, 1955 SCR 887, AIR 1955 SC 62. Assessing Authority v. East India Cottan Mfg. Co, A.I.R. 1981 S.C. 1610 (Sep.) Where a particular word has not been difined in the Act then it should be given its ordinary meaning. State of Mysore v. Sundram Motors, AIR 1980 SC 148. Where the dominant purpose of the act is to achieve not only speedy determination but a determination with utmost depatch then the the provisions of the Act must be interpreted so as to eliminate all possible avenues of delay or means of adopting dialatery tactics. V.C Shukla v. State , AIR 1980 SC 962. The licence and the plan and description, if any, attached thereto shall be produced on demand by the licensing authority or by any officer authorised by him or by these rules to enter a place licensed under section 5 of the Act. The licensee shall not admit to any performance any person whose ticket therefor has been purchased otherwise than from an authorised booking clerk at the licensed place or from an agent whose name and place of business have been notified in advance to the District Magistrate and who has been approved by the District Magistrate as a suitable person to be appointed as agent for the sale of tickets.