Historically, Indian and British courts barred the use of parliamentary debates to interpret statutes. However, Singh documents the shift toward a more permissive stance. Courts may look at the Statement of Objects and Reasons (SOR), Law Commission Reports, and committee reports to understand the background of the legislation, though actual speech transcripts remain secondary evidence of intent.
This chapter covers the interpretation of rules, regulations, and by-laws made by executive authorities under the authority of a parent statute, including the principles of ultra vires . principles of statutory interpretation gp singh
that have cited G.P. Singh's work.
