https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171715 The expression "telegraph line" in section 34(2)(b) of the Indian Electricity Act, read with the Indian Telegraph Act definitions, is explained to include wires used in a wireless telegraphy receiving station when they form part of the receiving apparatus. The analysis states that the statutory language is wide enough to cover such modern scientific equipment, and that interpretation should not be frozen to the technical meaning prevailing at the time of enactment. The maxim contemporanea expositio is therefore not used to narrow the provision where the text accommodates later developments. en-us Wed, 16 Aug 1961 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:08:20 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171715 The expression "telegraph line" in section 34(2)(b) of the Indian Electricity Act, read with the Indian Telegraph Act definitions, is explained to include wires used in a wireless telegraphy receiving station when they form part of the receiving apparatus. The analysis states that the statutory language is wide enough to cover such modern scientific equipment, and that interpretation should not be frozen to the technical meaning prevailing at the time of enactment. The maxim contemporanea expositio is therefore not used to narrow the provision where the text accommodates later developments. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 16 Aug 1961 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171715