Most of this subject is judge-made: the literal, golden and mischief rules, the subsidiary rules of language, and the presumptions courts bring to every statute. Each rule is taught from the Indian and English decisions that state it.
The sections below are the ones the LL.B. papers examine on this Act, with the unit that covers each and the cases decided on it. The official text is on India Code ↗.
Sections in the syllabus
s. 2
s. 2(43)
s. 2(d)
s. 2(i)
s. 2(p)
s. 3
s. 3(2)
s. 3(3)
s. 3(20)
s. 3(51)
s. 3(57)
s. 3(64)
s. 3A
s. 4
s. 4A
s. 5
s. 5(1)
s. 5(2)
s. 6
s. 6(1)
s. 6(2)
s. 6A
s. 7
s. 7(2)
s. 8
s. 9
s. 9A
s. 10
s. 10(2)
s. 11
s. 11(2)
s. 11(2)(a)
s. 12
s. 13
s. 13(1)
s. 14
s. 14(1)(e)
s. 14A
s. 14A(1)
s. 15
s. 15(4)
s. 16
s. 16(1)
s. 16(1)(a)
s. 16(3)
s. 17
s. 17(1)
s. 17(2)
s. 17A
s. 18
s. 18(1)
s. 18(3)
s. 19(1)
s. 20(2)
s. 21
s. 23
s. 24
s. 24(1)
s. 24(2)
s. 25
s. 25B(5)
s. 25C(2)
s. 26
s. 26(g)
s. 28
s. 29
s. 30
s. 30(2)
s. 33(1)
s. 34
s. 34(1)(a)
s. 34(4)
s. 36(3)
s. 66(1)(o)
s. 71
s. 76
s. 76(1)
s. 76(2)
s. 90
s. 90(3)
s. 90(4)
s. 97
s. 97(1)
s. 97(2)
s. 101
s. 105
s. 129
s. 154(1)
s. 432
s. 530(1)(a)
Cases on this Act
- Heydon's Case (1584)
- Jugalkishore v. Raw Cotton Co. (1955)
- R.M.D. Chamarbaugwalla v. Union of India (1957)
- Prafulla Kumar v. Bank of Commerce
- Golaknath v. State of Punjab (1967)
- U.P. State Electricity Board v. Harishankar (1979)
- Koteshwar Vittal Kamat v. K. Rangappa Baliga (1969)
- The Empress Mills, Nagpur v. The Municipal Committee, Wardha (1958)
- All India Reporter Karamchari Sangh v. All India Reporter Ltd. (1988)
- The Remington Rand of India Ltd. v. The Workmen (1968)
- State of Orissa v M. A. Tulloch and Co. (1963)
- The State of Rajasthan v Shri G. Chawla and Dr. Pohumal (1958)
- Shrimati Hira Devi v. District Board, Shahjahanpur (1952)
- State of Bombay v. R.M.D. Chamarbaugwalla
- Dhulabhai v. State of M.P.
- All Saints High School, Hyderabad v. Government of Andhra Pradesh
- Union of India v. Filip Tiago De Gama of Vedem Vasco De Gama (1990)
- A.S. Sulochana v. C. Dharmalingam (1987)
- Jugmendar Das v. State (1951)
- Maheshwari Fish Seed Farm v. Tamil Nadu Electricity Board
- Maharaja Chintamani Saran Nath Shahdeo v. State of Bihar (1999)
- Commissioner of Income Tax v. Smt. Sodra Devi (1957)
- Garikapatti Veeraya (1957)
- A. V. Fernandez v. The State of Kerala (1957)
- Commissioner of Income Tax, Gujarat III, Ahmedabad v. Kurji Jinabhai Kotecha (1977)
- Commissioner of Income-Tax, Patiala v. M/s. Shahzada Nand & Sons (1966)
- Harshad Shantilal Mehta v. Custodian (1998)
- Indo International Industries v. Commissioner of Sales Tax, Uttar Pradesh (1981)
- Madanlal Fakirchand Dudhediya v. Shree Changdeo Sugar Mills Ltd. (1962)
- The Sirsilk Ltd. v. Government of Andhra Pradesh (1963)
- S. Narayanaswami v. G. Panneerselvam (1972)
- Kanai Lal Sur v. Paramnidhi Sadhukhan (1957)
- M. V. Joshi v. M. U. Shimpi (1961)
- Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Laxmi Narain Tandon (1975)
- M/s. Sainik Motors, Jodhpur v. The State of Rajasthan (1961)
- The Seksaria Cotton Mills Ltd. v. The State of Bombay (1953)
- State of West Bengal v. Washi Ahmed (1977)
- Chinubhai Haridas v. The State of Bombay (1959)
- Atma Ram Budhia v. State of Bihar (1952)
- B. N. Mutto v. T. K. Nandi (1978)
- Chandra Mohan v. State of Uttar Pradesh (1966)
- Lachhman Das v. State of Punjab (1962)
- Romesh Thappar v. The State of Madras (1950)
- Oswal Agro Mills Ltd. v. Collector of Central Excise (1993)