What Is Prospective Overruling?

The Doctrine of Prospective Overruling dictates that a decision made in a particular case would have operation only in the future and will not carry any retrospective effect on any past decisions. ... The Doctrine prescribes the parameters within which a judicial decision is bound to operate.

Which case does the doctrine of prospective overruling?

Golaknath Case and The Doctrine of Prospective Overruling. It was in the case of Golaknath v. State of Punjab , that the then Chief Justice Subba Rao had first invoked the doctrine of prospective overruling.

Who is credited as the pioneer of the Doctrine of prospective overruling?

The doctrine of prospective overruling was first evolved by chief justice of India K. subba Rao in.

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