East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 13A -- Specified landlord - Certificate of retirement issued by competent authority - Eviction petition filed within a period of one year of retirement - Held, petitioner is specified landlord...........
Punjab Municipal (President and Vice President) Election Rules, 1994, Rule 5(1), 5(2) -- Election - Vice-presidents of Municipality - Rule 5(1) of the Rules is only applicable to a situation where there is only one post of the President or Vice-President as the case may be - Where there are two offices of the Vice-President in Municipal Council then Rule 5(1) of the Rules..........
Punjab Prohibition of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955, Section 8 -- Conviction - Accused sentenced to undergo one year's simple imprisonment and to pay fine of Rs.5,000/- - Offence punishable with a maximum of 5 years imprisonment - No interference in quantum of sentence...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 27(1)(aa) -- Additional evidence - Appellant stage - Certified copies of orders passed by authorities under the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948 - The defendant-respondents were diligent inasmuch as the documents were handed over to their counsel in the trial Court but inadvertently or..........
Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Section 4, 6 -- Acquisition of land - Relying of Punjab Government Instructions dated 18.12.1979, providing for lapse of notification issued u/S.6 of the Act if possession not taken within on year, petition of respondents allowed by the Ld.Single Judge holding that proceedings, u/Ss.4 and 6 of the Act stood withdrawn - Notification u/Ss.4 and 6..........
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..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 72(4), 66 -- Attachment of property - Arrears of tax - Non payment of - Amount of arrears as certified by the Assistant Collector stood paid - There is no order of attachment on account of no, payment of arrears of any other kind - The respondents held duty bound to revoke the attachment and hand over the management of the assets to..........
Punjab New Mandi Township (Development and Regulation) Act, 1960, Section 13(2), 13(3) -- Resumption notice - Non-payment of installment - Both the show-cause notices were in terms of Section 13 of the original Act and not in conformity with the provisions of Section 13 of the amended Act - Order regarding resumption of plot and forfeiture of money already paid held not..........
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 13(2)(iii) -- Impairing value and utility - Some additions or alterations made - That by itself is not a ground to claim ejectment of tenant - Every addition/alteration cannot be said to be sufficient to hold that value and utility of the premises is impaired - It is only the additions and alterations which amount to..........
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 13(3)(2)(i) -- Bona fide need - Landlord is the sole judge of his own needs - It is for him to determine his standard of living and accommodation in which he wants to live - Courts cannot substitute his own opinion for the need of the landlord - However, mere device of landlord to occupy the tenanted premises himself is..........
