https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=89225 Repeal of the Gold (Control) Act, 1968 did not, by itself, extinguish the pre-existing remedy of reference where Section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 applied and no contrary intention appeared. The court noted that legal proceedings and remedies in respect of existing rights and liabilities are preserved on repeal, so the statutory reference remedy remained available in accordance with law. Because that alternative statutory remedy subsisted, writ jurisdiction was not to be invoked in place of it, and the petition was dismissed on that basis. en-us Tue, 02 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:12:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=89225 Repeal of the Gold (Control) Act, 1968 did not, by itself, extinguish the pre-existing remedy of reference where Section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 applied and no contrary intention appeared. The court noted that legal proceedings and remedies in respect of existing rights and liabilities are preserved on repeal, so the statutory reference remedy remained available in accordance with law. Because that alternative statutory remedy subsisted, writ jurisdiction was not to be invoked in place of it, and the petition was dismissed on that basis. Case-Laws Central Excise Tue, 02 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=89225