Shimla, Feb. 28 -- The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that a judicial verdict granting promotion and pensionary benefits cannot be nullified through a retrospective amendment in law, observing that while the legislature is competent to enact laws, it cannot render a court judgment ineffective by overriding it through fresh legislation.
The observation came in Ashwani Kumar versus State of Himachal Pradesh and Others, decided on February 27 by a Division Bench comprising Justice Vivek Singh Thakur and Justice Ranjan Sharma.
The petitioner approached the court after benefits extended to him pursuant to earlier judicial orders were sought to be withdrawn by the state by invoking "The Himachal Pradesh Recruitment and Conditions of Servi...