https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292736 An amendment to disqualification provisions was treated as substantive rather than declaratory, so it was not construed retrospectively to affect a pending election petition or the Subordinate Judge's jurisdiction absent express words or necessary implication. The transitional Rule 5(3) was confined to disputes involving Local Boards and their rights, liabilities, remedies and proceedings, and was not read as extinguishing election petitions between private parties or requiring referral to the Local Government. Rule 6 was limited to persons validly holding office during transition and did not shield an election under challenge. Revision was also refused on the factual finding that the petitioner was a salaried Government officer. en-us Wed, 29 Oct 1930 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 16:17:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292736 An amendment to disqualification provisions was treated as substantive rather than declaratory, so it was not construed retrospectively to affect a pending election petition or the Subordinate Judge's jurisdiction absent express words or necessary implication. The transitional Rule 5(3) was confined to disputes involving Local Boards and their rights, liabilities, remedies and proceedings, and was not read as extinguishing election petitions between private parties or requiring referral to the Local Government. Rule 6 was limited to persons validly holding office during transition and did not shield an election under challenge. Revision was also refused on the factual finding that the petitioner was a salaried Government officer. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 29 Oct 1930 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292736