Executive can't clarify law via press release: Bombay High Court
The Court held that when even the legislature has become functus officio when it comes to the interpretation of the law made by it, the Union government can by no means exercise its powers to clarify such law.
The Bombay High Court recently held that the Union government/ executive cannot retroactively clarify a law’s intent via press release, especially since even the legislature which enacted the law does not have such powers.