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Attitude of courts to retrospective legislations when an action is lis pendens

Classifications of retrospective legislation and the attitude of court to retrospective legislation.

How retrospective legislation should be construed

Meaning of a retroactive legislation

Principles relating to retrospective legislations

The presumption against retrospective legislation

The principle that every statute is prospective not retrospective in its operation, unless the statute is specifically or by necessary implication made retrospective.

The principle that there is a presumption against retrospective operation of statutes and interference with vested rights

The test of retrospective operation of a statute

The three kinds of statutes that can be said to be retrospective

What a retrospective legislation is

What retrospective legislation entails

When a legislation will be deemed retrospective

Whether a statute can be construed as having retrospective effect

Whether a statute making provision for "time" within which judicial proceedings can be taken is retrospective

Whether legislation which governs procedure and practice of the Courts is presumed to be retrospective

Whether prohibition of retrospective legislation applies only to Criminal offences

Whether the courts can question a retrospective legislation

Whether the Legislature is competent to pass retrospective statutes

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