TMI Blog1993 (7) TMI 339X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... raph' contained in the Cinematograph Act, 1952 and the Punjab Cinemas (Regulation) Act, 1952 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act'). 4. The appellants have been running video parlors in the State of Haryana wherein pictures are exhibited through the medium of VCRs. They have not obtained any licence for such exhibition of pictures under the provisions of the Act and the Punjab Cinemas (Regulation) Rules, 1952 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Rules') as applicable in the State of Haryana. As they were required to obtain the necessary licence under the Act and and the Rules, they moved the High Court of Punjab Haryana for an appropriate writ declaring that they are not required to obtain such licence. The case of the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Court by its order dated November 26, 1991. Civil Appeals arising out of SLPs No.2219, 2255, 2344 and 2348 have been filed against the said orders of the Division Bench of the High Court dismissing the letters patent appeal against the order of the learned single judge. Civil Appeal arising out of SLP(C) NO.4706 has been filed against the order or the Division Bench of the High Court dated January 22, 1992 dismissing in limine the writ petition filed by the appellant in the said appeal. 5. The Cinematograph Act, 1952 has been enacted by Parliament to make provision for certification of cinematograph films for exhibition and for regulating exhibitions by means of cinematograph. The expression 'cinematograph' is defined in Section ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e subsequent scientific developments in the field in accordance with principle of statutory construction laid down in The Senior Electric Inspector v. Laxmi Naryana Chopra and Ors. . In that case it has been held - ...In a modern progressive society it would be unreasonable to confine the intention of a Legislature to the meaning attributable to the word used at the time the law was made, for a modern Legislature making laws to govern a society which is fast moving must be presumed to be aware of an enlarged meaning the same concept might attract with the march of time and with the revolutionary changes brought about in social, economic, political and scientific and other fields of human activity. Indeed, unless a contrary intention app ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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