Recent trends in Interpretation

Abstract Statutory Interpretation can be defined as a method of understanding and enforcing statutory laws, where judges try to determine the true purpose of parliament at the time of passing the law. It can also be defines as ‘give meaning to’. It is considered as the duty of the Court to interpret the statute and provide meaning to each and every word of the Statute to avoid any type of ambiguity. The whole statue must be understood by reading it wholly and not in parts to construe the true purpose of legislature behind every part. The maxim “a verbis legis non est recedendum” means that there must not be shown any type of discrepancy in the words of the statute while construing its true purpose. The blend of ideas of numerous drafters and other legal and technical terminology might result in incoherence, ambiguous and vague language. To avoid it interpretation is necessary so that true purpose of drafters can be established. One more objective of interpretation is the complicated nature of language. We can consider language, words and phrases as vague forms of communication. At the same time one word can have various definitions and meanings.