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  IS THE GOLDEN RULE OF INTERPRETATION REALLY SO GOLDEN?   The Golden Rule of Interpretation is a modification of the Literal or Grammatical Rule of Interpretation. It allows departure from the Strict Literal Rule by recourse to consequences which may result from the application of the natural and ordinary meaning. The Golden Rule of Interpretation allows the Judges to depart from a normal meaning in order to avoid absurdity. Ever since Lord Wensleydale propounded this rule in 1857 in the case Grey v. Pearson [1] , this rule has always been known as the Golden Rule due to its various advantages and problem-solving nature.   Following are the various advantages which are provided by the Golden Rule of Interpretation:   1)    An apparent advantage of Golden Rule is that it allows the Judge to modify the meaning of words used in a statute, to remove the absurdity which has occurred when the original meaning of the words has been used and apply the modified term effectively in the cas

  GOLDEN RULE OF INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES   According to Salmond , interpretation is the very process with the help of which the Court seeks to ascertain meaning of the legislation through the medium of authorative form in which it is expressed. When it becomes necessary to interpret the statutes, the Court takes guidance of certain principles which are also known as ‘Rules of Interpretation’, for example- the literal rule, the golden rule, the mischief rule etc. Therefore, Golden Rule of Interpretation is one of the vital rules of Interpretation of statutes.   Definition:   The Golden Rule is a modification of the principle of grammatical or literal rule of interpretation. This rule lays down that ordinarily, the Court must aim to find out the intention of the legislature or the law-makers from the words which are used in the statute by giving these words their natural meaning but if doing such a thing leads to issues like absurdity, repugnance, inconvenience, hardship, injustice