Rohatgi: In facts of this case, one, offences relate to period before 2018 and will as such be governed by old package; if I hit someone today, I will be charged u/s 323. If this section is later removed...I will still be charged under the old section, regardless of how beneficial the amendment is or not.

Rohatgi: I'm not saying that Parliament does not have power to make a provision apply retrospectively. It does. But in this case, the Parliament has not.