KASHIF MAHMOOD vs ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE Presumption against retroactivity — 2022 MLD 1762 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2022 MLD 1762 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2022
Reporter: MLD
Parties: KASHIF MAHMOOD vs ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE Presumption against retroactivity

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Judgment text as reported

KASHIF MAHMOOD VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE Presumption against retroactivity---Scope---In the absence of any stipulation to the contrary, any change in law affecting substantive rights has prospective effect---Prospective statute operates from the date of its enactment conferring new rights---Retrospective statute, on the other hand, operates backwards and takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws---However, a statutory provision cannot be termed to have been given retrospective effect merely because it affects existing rights or because a part of the requisites for its action is drawn from a time antecedent to its passing or operation thereof is based upon the statutes that arose earlier.

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