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Golden Rule of Statutory Interpretation by Rishi Rastogi is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The Golden Rule of Interpretation allows judges to depart from the literal or normal meaning of words in a statute to avoid absurd results that were likely not intended by the legislature. It is used when a literal interpretation would lead to inconvenience, hardship, injustice or other unintended consequences. Under the Golden Rule, judges can modify the meaning of words to prevent such consequences, as long as it stays within the intention of the legislature as understood from the statute as a whole. The

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Rishi Rastogi

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