https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172380 Retrospective validating legislation can cure a defect identified in an earlier judicial declaration where the legislature has competence over the subject and the new law does not violate constitutional limits. The Court treated the validating Act as giving statutory force to the memorandum and retirement rules, thereby removing the basis on which compulsory retirement had been struck down. It held that a declaratory decree dependent on that invalidity could not be enforced once the defect was legislatively removed, and that claims for salary and consequential benefits for the relevant period were neutralised by the validating provisions. en-us Fri, 23 Jan 1976 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 12:16:32 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172380 Retrospective validating legislation can cure a defect identified in an earlier judicial declaration where the legislature has competence over the subject and the new law does not violate constitutional limits. The Court treated the validating Act as giving statutory force to the memorandum and retirement rules, thereby removing the basis on which compulsory retirement had been struck down. It held that a declaratory decree dependent on that invalidity could not be enforced once the defect was legislatively removed, and that claims for salary and consequential benefits for the relevant period were neutralised by the validating provisions. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 23 Jan 1976 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172380