S C Ramesh vs Late Sri Gopal Naidu on 8 February, 2010
33. On_tl1e other' counsel for the
respondent/Adlei7en_dant4vr.C_:'cvo_ri--tended that since Court of
Small Causes to pass decree as on that
date; decreeis valid and the subsequent judgment of
pS:.1vprernle.Court in Shobha Surendar's case cannot
a nullity. He also submitted that having
regard the fact that the plaintiff not being a lawful sub-
V' liesisee and a person having no right over the property
and no locus--standi to question the legality of the order
passed in HRC 2492/1989, at the instance of such
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person, this Court should refrain from holding that the
decree is a nullity though the Supreme Court in
subsequent decisions has held that the law
the Supreme Court while interpreting statutory' 4_
unless it is specifically made prospective it.
be retrospective one from the dateV_of
Courts only explain as to whfatptheyh not
makealaw. V i .__p V