KOLKATA: If there is an omission on the part of the legislature in formulating an Act, the court can fill up the gap, advocate-general Anindya Mitra submitted before the Division Bench of Mr Justice Pinaki Ghosh and Mr Justice Mrinalkanti Choudhuri of Calcutta High Court today.

Otherwise, if the statute is left unchanged, it will give rise to absurdity, it was submitted in defence of the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, which has been challenged by Tata Motors Limited. This would have defeated the intent of the legislature, it was submitted.