it will be useful to notice some rules of interpretation of statutes, one of which is the rule of contextual interpretation. This rule requires that the court should examine every word of a statute in its context. In doing so, the Court has to keep in view preamble of the statute, other provisions thereof, pari materia statutes, if any, and the mischief intended to be remedied. Context often provides the key to the meaning of the word and the sense it carries. Its setting gives colour to it and provides a cue to the intention of the legislature in using it. 1) A.P. State Financial Corporation v. Official Liquidator [(2000) 7 SCC 291] 2) Allahabad Bank v. Canara Bank and another [(2000) 4 SCC 406] 3) Thane Janata Sahakari Bank Ltd. vs. The Commissioner of Sales Tax & others, C.A. No.2811/2006 4) State of West Bengal v. Kesoram Industries Ltd. and others [(2004) 10 SCC 201] 5) Govt. of A.P. and anr. v. J.B. Educational Society and anr. [(2005) 3 SCC 212] 6) Zave...