https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192709 A retrospective validating amendment may remove the legal basis of an earlier judgment if the legislature has competence and cures the defect identified by the court; a bare legislative declaration cannot annul a decision, but a change in the underlying legal foundation can alter the result. On that footing, the Goa Amendment Act, 2009 deleted the contractual embargo on construction and thereby displaced the premise of the earlier ruling. The amendment was also not repugnant to the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 because it did not create a direct and irreconcilable conflict with the Central law. The validity of the State amendment was upheld. en-us Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:02:09 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192709 A retrospective validating amendment may remove the legal basis of an earlier judgment if the legislature has competence and cures the defect identified by the court; a bare legislative declaration cannot annul a decision, but a change in the underlying legal foundation can alter the result. On that footing, the Goa Amendment Act, 2009 deleted the contractual embargo on construction and thereby displaced the premise of the earlier ruling. The amendment was also not repugnant to the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 because it did not create a direct and irreconcilable conflict with the Central law. The validity of the State amendment was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192709