https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174228 The Court upheld the retrospective application of Section 31A of the Wakf Act, 1995, as amended in 2006, deeming a candidate not disqualified for holding an office of profit during the 2003 election to the Delhi Legislative Assembly. The legal fiction created by the provision allowed the candidate's eligibility despite the prior disqualification, emphasizing the principle of legal fictions in statutory interpretation. The Court dismissed the appeals challenging the disqualification, noting that the High Court's judgment focused solely on the office of profit issue and declined to address other points raised in the election petition. en-us Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 07 Nov 2015 21:25:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174228 The Court upheld the retrospective application of Section 31A of the Wakf Act, 1995, as amended in 2006, deeming a candidate not disqualified for holding an office of profit during the 2003 election to the Delhi Legislative Assembly. The legal fiction created by the provision allowed the candidate's eligibility despite the prior disqualification, emphasizing the principle of legal fictions in statutory interpretation. The Court dismissed the appeals challenging the disqualification, noting that the High Court's judgment focused solely on the office of profit issue and declined to address other points raised in the election petition. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174228