https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=346811 Amendments to the SEBI Act changing the trial forum from the Magistracy to the Court of Session and then to Special Courts were held to apply retrospectively to pending prosecutions and earlier offences, because a change of forum is ordinarily procedural and the amended provisions used mandatory language covering all offences. The accused had no vested right to be tried by the former forum, and objections based on revision, summary trial, or prejudice failed because revision is only a procedural facility, summary trial was not conferred by the special statute, and the special enactment prevailed over inconsistent general criminal procedure. en-us Mon, 21 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 04 Oct 2018 15:49:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=346811 Amendments to the SEBI Act changing the trial forum from the Magistracy to the Court of Session and then to Special Courts were held to apply retrospectively to pending prosecutions and earlier offences, because a change of forum is ordinarily procedural and the amended provisions used mandatory language covering all offences. The accused had no vested right to be tried by the former forum, and objections based on revision, summary trial, or prejudice failed because revision is only a procedural facility, summary trial was not conferred by the special statute, and the special enactment prevailed over inconsistent general criminal procedure. Case-Laws Companies Law Mon, 21 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=346811