Reviewed case brief
Bhinka v. Charan Singh
AIR 1959 SC 960
AIR 1959 SC 960 · Supreme Court of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Year
- 1959
- Subjects
- Interpretation of Statutes
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02
Rule established
Headings or chapter titles given to groups of sections indicate the general drift of the provisions grouped under them. They may be relied upon to determine the sense of the section where the language is ambiguous, but they cannot control the plain meaning of express words.
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Ratio decidendi
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AIR 1959 SC 960
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