https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194183 A procedural amendment to Section 26(2) of the SEBI Act changing the trial forum from a magistrate to the Court of Sessions was treated as retrospective, because it affected forum and not substantive rights, and the complaint could therefore proceed before the Additional Sessions Judge. The text also states that a summons case remained so under the unamended punishment provision. On limitation, Section 473 of the Code of Criminal Procedure may be applied after cognizance and does not require prior condonation of delay; the court may extend the benefit where delay is explained or where justice requires it. en-us Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:46:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194183 A procedural amendment to Section 26(2) of the SEBI Act changing the trial forum from a magistrate to the Court of Sessions was treated as retrospective, because it affected forum and not substantive rights, and the complaint could therefore proceed before the Additional Sessions Judge. The text also states that a summons case remained so under the unamended punishment provision. On limitation, Section 473 of the Code of Criminal Procedure may be applied after cognizance and does not require prior condonation of delay; the court may extend the benefit where delay is explained or where justice requires it. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194183