Courts Should Refrain From Expressing Value Judgments And Policy Views In Order To Interpret Statutes: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the Courts should refrain from expressing value judgments and policy views in order to interpret statutes.Statutes are to be read in their plain language and not otherwise, the bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath observed.In this case, the land acquisition by KIADB was for two companies viz. Allowing writ appeal filed by a land owner, the Karnataka High Court quashed the notifications under Sections 3, 1 and 28 of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Act, 1966. The bench said that the above 'value judgments and policy views' were introduced by the High Court in order to interpret the provisions of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Act, 1966 Act and the Karnataka Industries Act, 2002. LIMITED vs State of Karnataka | 2022 LiveLaw 886 | CA 4678 OF 2021 | 11 October 2022 | Justices Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath Headnotes Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Act, 1966 ; Section 28, 41 - Power to acquire land beyond development by KIADB - Regulations framed by the Board under Section 41 also contemplates acquiring land for the purpose of allotment to a single company to set up an industry.