https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171575 Section 52(3) of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 confers a confiscation power where a forest offence is found, but it does not authorise release of the seized vehicle on payment of fine in lieu of confiscation. The settled rule against judicial rewriting bars courts from adding words or supplying omissions under the guise of legislative intent, and the casus omissus doctrine applies only where a clear omission is apparent and necessity is shown. Section 68(1)(b) permits release on payment of value only within its own statutory conditions and cannot be used to import a general fine-in-lieu-of-confiscation power into Section 52(3). en-us Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 09:55:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171575 Section 52(3) of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 confers a confiscation power where a forest offence is found, but it does not authorise release of the seized vehicle on payment of fine in lieu of confiscation. The settled rule against judicial rewriting bars courts from adding words or supplying omissions under the guise of legislative intent, and the casus omissus doctrine applies only where a clear omission is apparent and necessity is shown. Section 68(1)(b) permits release on payment of value only within its own statutory conditions and cannot be used to import a general fine-in-lieu-of-confiscation power into Section 52(3). Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171575