Chandrababu Naidu's Case Hearing : Live Updates From Supreme Court [Day 3]
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10 Oct 2023 10:01 AM IST
Live Updates
- 10 Oct 2023 12:44 PM IST
Rohatgi: Section 17A is not meant to be an umbrella for those who are corrupt, but to support those who are honest...
Bose J asks about whether protective mechanism envisioned u/S17A would apply retrospectively -
Rohatgi: You can't parachute S 17A back into time. That's what they want to do.
- 10 Oct 2023 12:26 PM IST
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.