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Thursday, April 30, 2020

Specific Relief Act is a procedural statute

Specific Relief Act, 1963 is an enactment in procedural law is purported to be drawn from the decisions in Adhunik Steels Ltd. v. Orissa Manganese & Minerals Pvt. Ltd (2007), Radheshyam Kamila v. Kiran Bala (1971) and Moulvi Ali Hossain Mian v. Rajkumar Halda (1943).

 

 

Amendment to procedural law (specific relief act) would not apply retrospectively. (Specific Relief Act, 1963 is an enactment in procedural law is purported to be drawn from the decisions in Adhunik Steels Ltd. v. Orissa Manganese & Minerals Pvt. Ltd (2007), Radheshyam Kamila v. Kiran Bala (1971) and Moulvi Ali Hossain Mian v. Rajkumar Halda (1943).)

 

Commissioner of Income Tax v. Vatika Township Private Limited (2014) – for the proposition that distinction  that amendment confer benefits without imposing corresponding duties, and therefore attract the rule against retrospective operation are distinct.

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