Court cannot usurp the function of the legislature

It is not open to the court to usurp the functions of the legislature . Nor is to open to the courts to place unnatural interpretation on the language used by the legislature and impute to it an intention which cannot be inferred from the language used by it, by basing itself on ideas derived from other laws. Mangi Lal v. Sugam Chand , AIR 196 SC 101. Intention of the legislature is to be gathered from the language used in the Act. M.S.M. Sharma v. Sri Krishana Sinha , AIR 1959 SC 395. (i) The building shall have external or party walls of brick, mud, stone, corrugated iron or concrete. (ii) Where the building is in close proximity to another building, it shall be separated therefrom by walls and structures of fire-resisting materials in a manner to be approved by the licensing authority and no openings in the walls or in any part of building such as may be liable to communicate fire shall overlook the neighbouring building. (iii) Any opening in the building overlooking an adjacentment site upon which an inflammable structure is erected or upon which inflammable material is stored shall be protected to the satisfaction of the licensing authority. Film shall be kept in a securely closed fire-resisting receptacle.