Maxim ‘expressio unius est exclusio alterius’

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...."(3) Where legislation expressly requires notice and hearing for certain purposes but imposes no procedural requirement for other purposes. Here the maxim expressio unius est exclusion alterius may be invoked to deny a right to notice and hearing in a context where the statute or the rules are silent. But this maxim, like so many other aids to interpretation, 'certa....

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.... "expressio unius est exclusio alterius" is a maxim for ascertaining the intention of the legislature and where the statutory language is plain and the meaning clear, there is no scope for applying. In Harish Chander Vajpai v. Triloki Singh- [1956 (12) TMI 43 - SUPREME COURT], the Court referred to the following passage from the Maxwell on Interpretation of Statutes, 10th Edit....