Supreme Court · 1951 INSC 3 · Decided 22 January 1951
Keshavan Madhava Menon v. The State of Bombay
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1951 INSC 3 · [1951] 1 S.C.R. 228
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9/1950
- Decided
- 22 January 1951
- Bench
- HARILAL JEKISUNDAS KANIA, M. PATANJALI SASTRI, MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN, BIJAN KUMAR MUKHERJEA, SUDHI RANJAN DAS, SIR SYED FAZL ALI, N. CHANDRASEKHARA AIYAR (7-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 13, 13(1), 132(1), 228; Companies Act
Headnote
228 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [1951] KESHAVAN MADHAVA MENON "· THE STATE OF BOMBAY [Smu HAru1.AL KANIA C.J., SAIYID FAZL Au, PATANJALI SASTRI, MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN, MuKHEJEA, DAs and CHANDRASEKHARA AIYAR JJ.] Constitution of India, 1950, Art. 13 (!)-Whether retrospective Prosecution for can be continued­ A.bsence of provision saving pending proceedi1lgs-Effect a/­ Expiry of temporary laws or repeal of laws, and laws becoming void by statutory declaration.-Difference-Interpretation­ Spirit of the Constitution. Held by the Court (KANIA C.J., PATANJALI SASTRI, MElD.
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