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FAHAD AKRAM BHATTI vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Retrospective application — 2026 PLD 262 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation
2026 PLD 262 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court
Lahore High Court
Year
2026
Reporter
PLD
Parties
FAHAD AKRAM BHATTI vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Retrospective application

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Judgment text as reported

FAHAD AKRAM BHATTI VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Retrospective application---Scope---There is no distinction between a retrospective legislation which affects rights and liabilities and that which does not do so---All legislations affect rights or liabilities; the words being used in their widest sense---Legislature either creates a right or takes away a right or restricts or enlarges a right or similarly affects liabilities---A statute is to be deemed to be retrospective, which takes away or impairs any vested right acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, or imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability in respect of transactions or considerations already past---According to this definition, the very meaning of a retrospective legislation is one that impairs any vested right or imposes a new obligation in relation to transactions already past---Retrospective is well defined: "Novaconstitutio futuris formam imponere bebet, non prateritis" i.e. unless there be clear words to the contrary, statutes do not apply to a past, but to a future, state of circumstances.

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