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