https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298248 A validating law may retrospectively cure the basis of an earlier invalidation if it removes the defect identified by the court and stays within constitutional limits. The article explains that the Karnataka Consequential Seniority Act, 2018 was upheld on that principle because the State collected expert data on inadequacy of representation and framed the legislation on that foundation. It also states that the Governor may reserve a Bill for Presidential consideration where a genuine constitutional doubt exists, and that Presidential assent satisfies the constitutional requirement once granted. Further, the challenges based on creamy layer, administrative efficiency, adequacy of representation, and retrospectivity were rejected. en-us Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 22 Oct 2021 08:28:54 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298248 A validating law may retrospectively cure the basis of an earlier invalidation if it removes the defect identified by the court and stays within constitutional limits. The article explains that the Karnataka Consequential Seniority Act, 2018 was upheld on that principle because the State collected expert data on inadequacy of representation and framed the legislation on that foundation. It also states that the Governor may reserve a Bill for Presidential consideration where a genuine constitutional doubt exists, and that Presidential assent satisfies the constitutional requirement once granted. Further, the challenges based on creamy layer, administrative efficiency, adequacy of representation, and retrospectivity were rejected. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298248