https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187495 Section 57 of the Bombay Police Act, 1951 was held applicable to convictions recorded before the Act came into force, because the provision authorised preventive action and did not create a new offence or impose punishment for past conduct. The words "has been convicted" were interpreted to include past convictions, subject to the statute's language and scheme. An externment order under the section must still be made bona fide and should rely on a conviction sufficiently proximate in time, depending on the facts. The High Court's contrary view on retrospectivity was rejected, and the matter was remitted for consideration of the remaining issues. en-us Tue, 18 Oct 1960 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 18:18:06 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187495 Section 57 of the Bombay Police Act, 1951 was held applicable to convictions recorded before the Act came into force, because the provision authorised preventive action and did not create a new offence or impose punishment for past conduct. The words "has been convicted" were interpreted to include past convictions, subject to the statute's language and scheme. An externment order under the section must still be made bona fide and should rely on a conviction sufficiently proximate in time, depending on the facts. The High Court's contrary view on retrospectivity was rejected, and the matter was remitted for consideration of the remaining issues. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 18 Oct 1960 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187495