Supreme Court of India

Consumer Education & Research Society v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2009] 13 S.C.R. 664
Bench K.G. Balakrishnan, R.V. Raveendran and J.M. Panchal JJ.
Decided 24 August 2009

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we are of the opinion that the impugned legislation is constitutionally valid and the writ petitions are without any merits and are dismissed, however, without costs.

Judgment, page 46

From the headnote

Parliament (Prevention of disqualification) Act, 1959 ' s. 3[as amended by Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Amendment Act, 2006] - Certain offices of profit not to disqualify - Addition to offices of profit with retrospective effect - Challenged - Held: The impugned 0 legislation is constitutionally valid - Power of Parliament to enact a law under Article 102(1)(a) of the Constitution includes the power to enact such law retrospectively - law can be made retrospectively to remove the disqualification incurred on account of holding offices of profit - Which 'offices' should be

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