The Calcutta Weekly Notes August 24 1953

20(1) of the Constitution was relied on by the first and the second appellants who were at the material period of time respectively the Minister for Industries and Secretary to the Government Commerce and Industries Dpartment of the then United State of Viridhya Pradesh. [...] 816-817) : “what is prohibited is the conviction of a person or his subjection to a penalty under ex post facto laws The prohibition under the article is not confined to the passing or the validity of the law but extends to the conviction or the setence and as based on its character as an ex post facto law. [...] On a consideration of the relevant pre-existing law it was held that the criminal law relating to the offences charged against the appellants at the time 'of their commission was substantially the same as that which obtained at the time of conviction and sentence. [...] Publishers and Booksellers 1 Fait Bazar Delhi 1 The author in the Preface gives the background of the writing of the book. [...] The offices of the Court on the Original Side will be closed for general business for the Long Vacation on and from Friday the 2nd October 1953 to Friday the loth November 1953 both days inclusive and will reopen on Saturday the 21st Noveber 1953.