PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary, Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department, Lahore vs Syed MUHAMMAD ALI RAZA SHAH Prospective and retrospective effect of a law — 2025 PLC(CS) 931 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2025 PLC(CS) 931 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: PLC
Parties: PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary, Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department, Lahore vs Syed MUHAMMAD ALI RAZA SHAH Prospective and retrospective effect of a law

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Judgment text as reported

PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary, Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department, Lahore VS Syed MUHAMMAD ALI RAZA SHAH Prospective and retrospective effect of a law---Principles---While interpreting a provision of law or construing its effect, a Constitutional court only declares what the law is and does not make or amend it---The law so declared by the court, therefore, as a general principle applies both prospectively to future cases as well as retrospectively to pending cases, including the one in which it is declared---It is the principle of interpretation that declarations made by the superior courts are operative retrospectively over all the pending situations which have not been finalized.

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