Dear Sarbajit, Thanks for sharing the links, I have perused them.
In a nutshell, it is *primarily *about interpreting the intent of the Legislature for using the word "shall", with REFERENCE TO THE CONTEXT ( by evaluating, the rights / benefits of someone, being dependent upon the interpretation i.e ultimately circumventing back to interpret the intent of the Legislature for laying down a piece of legislation). I would appreciate if you can share your POV on the following: 1. Quote: "If it is STORED in a computer it must be given only as a print out" Unquote. In that case, can you ENLIGHTEN our forum on, how an information, which is in the form of a few hours of video, stored on a PA's computer, may be provided to an applicant under the RTI. Thanks, Sunil. On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 1:59 PM, sarbajitr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > "Thus it may be construed to mean "may" when no right to anyone depends > upon its imperative use" Shall / May ==> "Black's legal dictionary" > Conversely SHALL also does not mean compulsory. > > http://books.google.com/books?id=PNQgVoT2_aQC&pg=PA1081 > http://books.google.com/books?id=9sKzQ8BqaswC&pg=PA387 > > It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen - Aristotle
