Judgments Apply Retrospectively Unless Expressly Made Prospective; Supreme Court sets aside Karnataka HC order for 5-year payment to medical college for 2002—2003 admissions
Supreme Court reiterated that a declaration of law by the Supreme Court has retrospective effect unless expressly stated otherwise. The prospective protection contemplated in T.M.A. Pai Foundation case was held to apply only to statutory provisions inconsistent with the judgment and did not preserve executive schemes such as the subvention scheme.