The prospective statute operates from the date of its enactment conferring new rights. The retrospective statute operates backward and takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws. A…
In Mulchand Odhavji v. Rajkot Borough Municipality, 1971 (3) SCC 53, a Constitution Bench of Supreme Court invalidated the Municipality of Rajkot’s levy of octroi duty. The case originated from…
The traditional view of courts both in India and the UK was a rule of exclusion by which parliamentary history was not readily utilized in interpreting a law. But as…
The task of interpreting an instrument as dynamic as the Constitution assumes great import in a democracy. The Constitutional Courts are entrusted with the critical task of expounding the provisions…
