East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 13(2)(ii)(a) -- Sub letting - Rent note executed by sub tenant in favour of tenant and rent note executed by tenant in favour of landlord found to be sham transaction as tenant closely related to landlord, having good relations with him and having partnership with him in a couple of firms was a man of convenience of..........
East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948, Section 42 -- Consolidation - Deficiency in measuring land - Compensation by allotment of equal area sought - Held, since registered sale deed was common, petitioner is entitled to relief - Directions issued to respondents to go into matter again and compensate petitioner...........
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 13 -- Change of user - Shop to godown - Adverse inference drawn against tenant for not producing documents viz. the books of accounts, bills regarding sale and purchase of clothes and the licence under the Shop Act which were in possession of the tenant which could have established that tenant was using the premises as..........
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 19 -- Charging excess rent and house tax when there is no liability to pay - Complaint to be filed within six months of the Commission of offence...........
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 13(2)(iii) -- Unfit and unsafe - Building 60 years old and construction of building was `B' class - `B' class construction could survive for 50-60 years - Held, building was unsafe and unfit for human habitation...........
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 13(2)(iii) -- Unfit and unsafe - Building required re-construction - When a building is to be reconstructed then a part of it cannot be left out unless it is shown that the part is entirely separate than the main building...........
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 13(2)(iii) -- Unfit and unsafe - After the building has become unsafe and unfit for human habitation, a tenant cannot be permitted to defeat that right of landlord by effecting repairs of the dilapidated portion...........
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 15(5) -- Revisional jurisdiction of High Court are limited - It is only in cases where findings are perverse in the sense that no reasonable person on the basis of available evidence would come to the conclusion recorded by the Courts below which would result in exercise of revisional jurisdiction - If the findings are..........
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 13 -- House-tax - Imposed prior to execution of rent note - Premises let out on monthly rent of Rs.175/- - Held, Tenant is not liable to pay house-tax...........
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 13 -- Material alteration - Premises let for running a studio - Tenant making a dark room by making certain changes in walls for proper enjoyment of premises - No ground to eject tenant...........
