Punjab Municipal Act, Section 3(1)(c) -- Clause (c) of Section 3(1) can be invoked in a situation where annual rent cannot be determined under Clause (b)...........
Punjab Municipal Act, Section 3(1)(b) -- Annual value - Property governed by East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act-Annual rental value has to be assessed on the basis of fair rent or standard rent...........
Punjab Public Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, Section 7 -- Recovery by State of damages for unauthorised use and occupation of agricultural land - Limitation applicable to suit/application under Section 7 - 30 years as prescribed under Article 112 Limitation Act - Article 113 which prescribes period of 3 years not applicable to proceedings initiated..........
Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, Section 93 -- Assessment of house-tax on property situated within municipal limits of Corporation to which provisions of East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act applicable-No basis before Assessing Authority to formulate opinion with regard to fair rent-Assessing Authority bound to make a notional fair rent assessment-Plea that as no..........
Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, Section 93 -- Assessment of house-tax-Building assessed by applying yardstick of rent under Punjab Public Premises Act-Illegal-Quashed-In case Assessing Authority could not lay his hands with regard to instances of similar building in similar locality-Assessing Authority still expected to determine rateable value of building by applying..........
Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, Section 14A(ii) -- Dholidar filed application for ejectment of tenant being in arrears of rent-Entitled to recover rent from tenant as Dholidar is a landowner-Tenant if failed to pay rent nor had shown sufficient cause for non-payment of rent-Liable to be evicted...........
Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, Section 14A -- Tenant who failed to pay rent without sufficient cause-Plea that tenants were poor persons, in possession for a long time and therefore no order of eviction may be passed against them and that tenants prepared to pay rent by way of instalments-Not tenable-Cannot be any sympathy in favour of tenants, who have harvested..........
Punjab Tenancy Act, Section 77 -- Validity of Will-Revenue Courts do not have exclusive jurisdiction-Any observation/finding recorded by Revenue Courts with regard to validity or genuineness of Will-Validity of Will assailed before Revenue Courts and adverse finding recorded-Cannot operate as res judicata in civil suit - Exclusive jurisdiction of Revenue Courts only with..........
House tax -- Rateable value - Assessment - No existing assessment of property under East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act - Held, Assessment Committee of Municipal Corporation is duty bound to make a notional assessment of fair rent of property and then impose tax on that basis,..........
Rent and Eviction -- Shop - Eviction on ground of personal necessity - Shop part of residential building but situated in a commercial area - Eviction order set aside. (East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, S.13)..........
