https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=89166 A validating law is constitutionally effective where the legislature has competence over the subject matter and retrospectively amends the underlying legal basis that supported an earlier invalidation. The text explains that a legislature cannot simply nullify a court decision, but it may cure the defect by changing the governing regulatory norm so the prior result no longer follows. Here, the retrospective amendment to the zoning regulations altered the height restriction and validated permissions, constructions, and regularised deviations for the relevant period. Because the change removed the foundation of the earlier judgment rather than merely declaring it ineffective, the Act was within legislative competence and constitutionally valid. en-us Tue, 06 May 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 12:19:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=89166 A validating law is constitutionally effective where the legislature has competence over the subject matter and retrospectively amends the underlying legal basis that supported an earlier invalidation. The text explains that a legislature cannot simply nullify a court decision, but it may cure the defect by changing the governing regulatory norm so the prior result no longer follows. Here, the retrospective amendment to the zoning regulations altered the height restriction and validated permissions, constructions, and regularised deviations for the relevant period. Because the change removed the foundation of the earlier judgment rather than merely declaring it ineffective, the Act was within legislative competence and constitutionally valid. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 06 May 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=89166