East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 13(3)(a)(i) -- Bona fide requirement - Landlord, a public trust, owning 29 shops out of which 12 shops were under the occupation of tenants - Trust seeking eviction as demised premises required for construction of school, dispensary and library - Eviction opposed on the ground that landlord being a public trust, plea of..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1), (d) -- Consumer -Commercial purpose - Vehicle finance - Forcible repossession of vehicle -Plea that respondent-complainant not a consumer since the vehicle purchase for commercial purpose repelled - Averment made in Para 6 of the complaint that the complainant who is unemployed youth had purchased the said vehicle for earning..........
Punjab Government National Emergency (Concessions) Rules, 1965, Rules 2 and 4, and -- Military service - Counting of service - Ad hoc appointment - Petitioner joined the military service on 14.2.1957 long prior to the proclaimation of national emergency on 26.10.1962 - He retired from service after putting his military service during the period of emergency - Thereafter..........
Orissa Panchayat Samiti Act, 1960, Section 44Q, 44H - - Election petition - Jurisdiction of Court - Persona designata - Held, subordinate Judge, who is to try an election dispute under the Act as well as the appellate authority, i.e., District Judge cannot be held to be persona designata and they come under the definition of the "Court" as defined in the Indian Evidence..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 3 -- Evidence - Means & includes - Held, copy of plaint or copy of interlocutory order will not come within definition of evidence as per Indian Evidence Act...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1)(d), 2(1)(e), 12, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997, Section 14 -- Complaint maintainability - Cable services - Dispute between two 'service providers' - Held to be not a 'consumer dispute' since it is not between 'service provider' of a 'consumer' - Respondent No. 1 does not fall within the ambit of definition of a..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1)(g), Electricity Act, 2003, Section 135 -- Electricity supply - Theft of electricity - From definition of the theft as defined in Section 135 of the 2003 Act it is proved beyond doubt that the respondent was committing theft of energy by tampering the ME Seals of the meter and as such liable to pay the theft charges to the..........
Protection of Woman From Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Section 2(f) -- Domestic relationship - A man and woman living as husband and wife for a considerable period of time without undergoing marriage ceremony - Held, term `domestic relationship' includes live in relationships in the nature of marriage within the definition of domestic relationship under S.2(f) of the Act -..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 12, 2(d)(ii) -- Chandigarh administration allotted land to co-operative societies for constructing flats to be allotted to the members - No direct contact between Chandigarh administration and members of the societies - Whether members are covered by the definition of `consumer' under Section 2(d)(ii) of the Act - Held, yes - Members..........
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 13A -- Bonafide requirement - Two rooms let out to tenant in the residential building for running a clinic - Two room let out in residential building for non residential purpose fall within the definition of non residential building which cannot be got vacated u/s 13-A of the Act...........
