East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 13(2)(iii) -- Impairing value and utility - Right accrued to landlord to evict tenant - This being a statutory right under the Act question of estoppel would not operate against the provisions of the Act...........
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 13(2)(iii) -- Estoppel - Hall converted into two rooms by raising wall by tenant without permission of landlord - Not stated when the construction was raised - Mere inaction on the part of lessor would not entitle the lessee to resist the suit on ground of estoppel...........
Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, Section 2(g)(1), 2(g)(4) -- Land which is part of village pond - Necessarily Vests in Gram Panchayat - Land used or 'reserved for benefit of village community including drinking wells or ponds within abadi deh - Included in definition of `Shamilat Deh' under Section 2(g)(4)...........
Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, Section 2(g)(1), 2(g)(4) -- Abadi deh - Not defined as Shamilat Deh by Section 2(g) - No one can claim exclusive possession of abadi deh land except the proprietor in his dwelling house in the village - Ownership rights in abadi deh as a general rule vests in the proprietary body - Sites reserved for common purpose -..........
Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, Section 7, 11 -- Punjab Village Common Lands Rules, 1964, R.19 - Application for declaration of ownership - Applicant proved to be a lessee and in possession after expiry of lease period - Held, possession of lessee after the expiry of lease period is unauthorised and illegal - A lessee cannot subsequently challenge the..........
Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Rules, 1964, Rule 19 -- Lessee cannot subsequently challenge the title of his landlord...........
Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, Section 7, 11 -- `Banjar Qadim' - Entry in revenue record - It cannot be concluded that land in question was not being used or common purposes of the village and the same does not vest in the Panchayat...........
Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, Section 2(g), 4, 5, Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Rules, 1964, Rule 3(2) -- Charand land - If Shamlat Deh of the village being used as Charand - Falls under definition of Shamlat Deh under Section 2(g) of the Act - Even if in revenue record nature of land recorded as Banjar Qadim - Does not make any difference..........
Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Rules, 1964, Rule 19 -- Unauthorised occupant - Lessee of Gram Panchayat after expiry of lease period - Shall be deemed to be in illegal and unauthorised possession of land leased out by Gram Panchayat in view of Rule 19...........
Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, Section 11 -- Suit/application filed by petitioners under Section 11 - Burden of proof lies on them to establish that being proprietors of the village, they are owners of land in question and the same does not fall under definition of Shamlat Deh in Section 2(g) nor it vests in Gram Panchayat under Section 4 -..........
