Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, Section 93(b), (c) -- Property tax - Assessment of - Contention that the Assessing Authority determined the annual rental value of the building on the basis of actual rent received, totally ignoring the provisions of the Rent Act - Matter remanded to the Municipal Corporation for determination of the rateable value of the property in..........
Representation of the Peoples Act, 1951, Section 86(5), 83(1)(a), 123 -- Election petition - Amendment of Election petition - Material facts - Application for amendment filed by the petitioner for amendment in the date and venue of the speech which constituted corrupt practice under Section 123(3) and (4) of the Act - Held that it cannot be permitted - These are material..........
Representation of the Peoples Act, 1951, Section 123(1), (3) - - Corrupt practice - Whether offence made out - Gross corrupt practice of bribery as envisaged under Section 123(1) of the Act and corrupt practices as covered by Section 123(3) and (4) the Act allegedly committed by respondents when he was not yet a candidate - Held that he was not a candidate within the..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 195(1)(b)(ii), 340 -- Offences relating to documents given in evidence - Forged will tendered in evidence - Will forged firstly and thereafter produced in Court - Bar of Section 195(1)(b)(ii) Cr.P.C. will apply when document was forged while same was in custody of Court - Will was forged before producing in Court - Bar of Section..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 195, 340 -- Forged will tendered in evidence - Court is not bound to make a complaint regarding commission of offence referred in Section 195(1)(b) - Where voluminous evidence may have been adduced and the effect of forged piece of evidence on board concept of administration of Justice may be minimal, Court may not lodge a complaint..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 304 PartI -- Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 464 - Dowry death - Death did not occur within 7 years of marriage - Offence under Section 304-B not made out - Offence Under Section 304 Part I is made out...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 195(1)(b) -- Bar contained in Section 195(1)(b)(ii) Cr.P.C. is not applicable to a case where forgery of the document was committed before the document was produced in a Court...........
Telephone bill -- Excessive and exorbitant - Due to sudden spurt in calls - Instructions on the subject about bringing it to the notice of the respondent-complainant not followed - Plea of the OP that the instructions on sudden spurt of bill have not been invoked in view of the Dynamic Locking facility - Held that if there are instructions on subject issued by the..........
Consumer Protection -- Contract Act, 1872, Sections 72, 73 - Kisan Vikas Patras - Issued to Karta of HUF irregularly and wrongly in contravention of the Rules - Retaining of said amount is not a contract and would amount to a tort - Complainant would be entitled to return of the principal amount u/s 72 of the Contract Act - Regarding interest, the explanation to second..........
Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, Section 93(b) - - House tax - Recovery of the enhanced tax - Rateable value of lands - Determination of - Respondent Corporation resorting to the provisions of Section 93(c) of the Act without first taking recourse to provision of Section 93(b) of the Act - Held that the respondent Municipal Corporation has erred in taking recourse..........
