https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169437 An amended criminal procedure provision allowing an accused to give evidence on oath in defence applied to a pending prosecution because procedural amendments ordinarily operate retrospectively unless expressly excluded. The amending Act's saving clause preserved only the specific exceptions stated in it, and the exclusion for certain warrant-case provisions did not extend to the defence evidence provision. As no provision in the amended law withheld that benefit from pending proceedings before a Magistrate where evidence had already begun, the accused remained entitled to invoke it. The refusal by the lower courts was therefore erroneous, and the order was set aside. en-us Thu, 22 May 1958 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:11:39 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169437 An amended criminal procedure provision allowing an accused to give evidence on oath in defence applied to a pending prosecution because procedural amendments ordinarily operate retrospectively unless expressly excluded. The amending Act's saving clause preserved only the specific exceptions stated in it, and the exclusion for certain warrant-case provisions did not extend to the defence evidence provision. As no provision in the amended law withheld that benefit from pending proceedings before a Magistrate where evidence had already begun, the accused remained entitled to invoke it. The refusal by the lower courts was therefore erroneous, and the order was set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 22 May 1958 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169437