Ejusdem generis

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....ase will be interpreted to include only items of the same class as those listed." The meaning of the expression ejusdem generis was considered by this Court on a number of occasions and has been reiterated in Maharashtra University of Health Sciences and Ors. vs Satchikitsa Prasarak Mandal & Ors. - [2010 (2) TMI 1052 - SUPREME COURT]. The principle is defined thus :     ....

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....ERSUS SECURITIES & EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA - [2013 (5) TMI 629 - SUPREME COURT] The Latin phrase "ejusdem generis" translates to "of the same kind". This legal principle is used to interpret general terms that follow specific ones in a list, ensuring that the general terms are understood to include only items similar to those specifically mentioned. The ejusdem generis rule, striv....

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....been used following particular and specific words of the same nature on the established rule of construction that the Legislature presumed to use the general words in a restricted sense, that is to say, as belonging to the same genus as the particular and specific words. Such a restricted meaning has to be given to words of general import only where the context of the whole scheme of legislation r....