K. Sen, P. K. Chatteriee and G. S. Chatterjee for the petitioners.
N. Sinha, Solicitor General of India, S. N. Prasad, R. Sachthey, and M. N. Shroff, for respondent number 1.
357/70.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by KRISHNA IYER, J. The central issue in these petitions deals with the question whether a statute and a rule earlier declared by the Court unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, can be retroactive through fresh validating legislation enacted by the companypetent Legislature.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Writ Petitions Nos.
K. Sinha and K. K. Sinha, for respondent Nos.
N. Sinha, Solicitor General of India add D. Goburdhan, for respondent Nos.
