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Regarding the use of 'Parliamentary History' as an external aid in India, the position is best stated as:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C.
1. The ICSI text records that the Supreme Court initially enunciated the **rule of exclusion of Parliamentary history** in the way the English Courts had stated it, but on many occasions the Court has used this aid in resolving questions of construction.
2. **The Court has now veered to the view that legislative history within circumspect limits may be consulted by Courts in resolving ambiguities.**
3. Like any other external aid, however, the inferences from historical facts and surrounding circumstances **must give way to the clear language employed in the enactment itself**.
4. Options A, C and D over-state either the exclusion or the binding force of Parliamentary history.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive — Lesson 3, 'External Aids — Parliamentary History', p. 95._
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