https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192411 Section 6A of the Essential Commodities Act was treated as prospective only, because the amendment contained no clear expression or necessary implication showing retrospective operation; it therefore did not apply to a contravention completed before commencement. The ordinary criminal court's jurisdiction to consider return of a seized vehicle was also held to survive, because exclusion of that jurisdiction must follow from irresistible implication and none was found in the statutory scheme. On that basis, interim release of the vehicle on security was upheld and the appeal failed. en-us Tue, 10 Jul 1990 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 30 May 2017 17:27:13 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192411 Section 6A of the Essential Commodities Act was treated as prospective only, because the amendment contained no clear expression or necessary implication showing retrospective operation; it therefore did not apply to a contravention completed before commencement. The ordinary criminal court's jurisdiction to consider return of a seized vehicle was also held to survive, because exclusion of that jurisdiction must follow from irresistible implication and none was found in the statutory scheme. On that basis, interim release of the vehicle on security was upheld and the appeal failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 10 Jul 1990 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192411