https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=285474 The Bombay HC construed the phrase "before the 1st day of April 1970" in section 3 of the Maharashtra (Vidarbha Region) Agricultural Debtor's Relief Act, 1969 as ambiguous in the context of a beneficial relief statute. Reading section 3 with sections 6 and 13, and taking account of the legislative history extending the filing period to 1 April 1970, the Court held that "before" could mean "upto" or "not later than" rather than excluding that date. An application filed on 1 April 1970 was therefore treated as within time. The Court found it unnecessary to decide whether section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 applied. en-us Sat, 05 Apr 1975 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 14 Jan 2020 14:14:12 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=285474 The Bombay HC construed the phrase "before the 1st day of April 1970" in section 3 of the Maharashtra (Vidarbha Region) Agricultural Debtor's Relief Act, 1969 as ambiguous in the context of a beneficial relief statute. Reading section 3 with sections 6 and 13, and taking account of the legislative history extending the filing period to 1 April 1970, the Court held that "before" could mean "upto" or "not later than" rather than excluding that date. An application filed on 1 April 1970 was therefore treated as within time. The Court found it unnecessary to decide whether section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 applied. Case-Laws Indian Laws Sat, 05 Apr 1975 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=285474