Language used in a statute can be construed widely so as to salvage the remedial intendment, the Court must adopt it. Of course, if the language of a statute does not admit of the construction sought, wishful thinking is no substitute, and then, not the Court but the legislature is to blame for enacting a damp squib statute. (V.R. Krishna Iyer, J.)

1975 SCeJ 001 Carew and Co. Ltd. v. Union of India (1975) AIR(SC) 2260 : (1976) 46 CompCas 121 : (1975) 2 CompLJ 171 : (1975) 2 SCC 791 : (1976) 1 SCR 379