MUHAMMAD TAHIR vs GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA Purposive interpretation — 2021 PLD 171 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2021 PLD 171 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
Court: Peshawar High Court
Year: 2021
Reporter: PLD
Parties: MUHAMMAD TAHIR vs GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA Purposive interpretation

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Judgment text as reported

MUHAMMAD TAHIR VS GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA Purposive interpretation---Provision of a statute inserted through an amendment could not be construed in a way so as to wipe out the entire statute, unless the legislature by express words or necessary intendment intended to give such an effect to newly provided law---Law Commission in England while giving the report in 1969 had not approved use of the word "mischief" and had instead preferred "a purposive approach to construction of statutes.

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