Word "any"

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....- matter of the statute". Lucknow Development Authority v. M.K. Gupta- [1994 (11) TMI 364 - SUPREME COURT] In Oxford English Dictionary, at p. 378 of which, we find the meaning of "any" given thus: "In affirmative sentences, it asserts, concerning a being or thing of the sort named, without limitation as to which, and thus collectively of every one of them". One of the illustration given is"I c....

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....t of many; an indefinite number. One indiscriminately of whatever kind or quantity. One or some (indefinitely). "Any" does not necessarily mean only one person, but may have reference to more than one or to many. Word "Any" has a diversity of meaning and may be employed to indicate "all" or "every" as well as "some" or "one" and its meaning in a given statute depends upon the context and the....

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....d to indicate quality or nature of the noun which it qualifies as an adjective such as 'all' or 'every'. (See the Law Lexicon, P. Ramanatha Aiyar, Second Edition, at p.116). Principles of Statutory Interpretation by Justice G.P. Singh (9th Edition, 2004) states (at p.302)   "When a word is not defined in the Act itself, it is permissible to refer to dictionar....