Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 612 · Decided 8 May 2008
State of Punjab & ORS. v. Bhajan Kaur & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 612 · [2008] 7 S.C.R. 1111
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3406/2008
- Decided
- 8 May 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 140, 92
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s. 140 - Held:'Does not have retrospective effect- Motor c Vehicles Act, 1939 - s. 92-A. Interpretation of statutes: Prospective or Retrospective effect of a statute - Held: Statute is presumed to be prospective unless held to be retrospective either expressly or by of General Clauses Act not applicable - ff new Act confers a right, it does so with prospective effect unless expressly stated otherwise - General Clauses Act - s. 6. Under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, s.92-A provided E for payment of a sum of Rs.15,000/- by way of no fault liability. It was
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