https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188474 A repealed evidentiary provision may continue to apply to offences committed before repeal and to pending trials where the savings rule preserves prior operation and accrued consequences; section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 was therefore held to keep section 5(3) operative for pending proceedings. Retrospective revival of the same provision did not offend Article 20(1) because it neither created a new offence nor imposed enhanced punishment, but merely restored an evidentiary rule for past conduct. The repeal and retrospective amendment were accordingly upheld, and the direction for further trial was sustained. en-us Thu, 14 Dec 1978 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 02 Dec 2016 12:19:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188474 A repealed evidentiary provision may continue to apply to offences committed before repeal and to pending trials where the savings rule preserves prior operation and accrued consequences; section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 was therefore held to keep section 5(3) operative for pending proceedings. Retrospective revival of the same provision did not offend Article 20(1) because it neither created a new offence nor imposed enhanced punishment, but merely restored an evidentiary rule for past conduct. The repeal and retrospective amendment were accordingly upheld, and the direction for further trial was sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 14 Dec 1978 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188474