CCSU LLB - Interpretation of Statutes - 2020 - Old question paper

LLB 6th Semester Examination, May 2020

Interpretation of Statutes

(K-6001)

Section A

Note: Attempt all questions. Each question carries 4 marks

1. What are the principles of statutory construction in welfare legislation?

2. Explain doctrine of eclipse.

3. What is doctrine of implication?

4. What are the elements for application of doctrine of territorial nexus?

5. What maxim is used to express the doctrine of retrospective operation of statutes? Write its name.

Answer: ‘Nova Constitutio Futuris Formam Imponere Debet, Non Praeteritis’ which means ‘A new law ought to be prospective, not retrospective in its operations.’

Section B 

Note: Attempt any two questions. Each question carries 10 marks

6. Write a short note on maxim 'Expressio unius Est Exclusio Alterius'

7. What do you mean by conductive and disjunctive enactment? Explain.

8. Explain the rule of Harmonious Construction.

Section C

Note: Attempt any three questions. Each question carries 20 marks

9. Explain and illustrate the rules which the courts apply in interpreting the penal statutes.

10. Discuss the retrospective operation of statutes. How far has the doctrine been applied in India? With the help of cases, elicit the opinion of Supreme Court of India in  this regard.

11. Explain the classification of statutes based on different ground.

12. What do you understand by strict interpretation of taxing statutes? Explain with the help of leading cases.

13. Explain the rule of interpretation of statues in pari materia with the help of leading cases.