GOLDEN RULE OF INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES
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