Municipal Elections -- Reservation - Appellant did not belong to a backward class or community by birth but married to a male belonging to that community - Held that she would not be entitled to contest a seat reserved for a backward class or community, merely on the basis of her marriage to a male of that community...........
Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961, Section 14, City of Bangalore Improvement Act, 1945, Section 42, City of Bangalore Improvement (Allotment of Sites) Rules, 1964, Rule 17(4), Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976, Section 505 -- Multistoried building - Permissibility - Condition in lease-cum-sale agreement that lessee/purchaser shall not subdivide the..........
Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, Section 67 -- House tax - Annual value - Reassessment - Enhancement of annual value - Notice issued by Municipal Committee vague and lacking in particulars as it does not specify the nature of mistake, accident or fraud committed at the time of previous assessment by the owner/assessee - The reassessment on the basis of current rent when the..........
Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 1988, Section 3(1)(d) -- Parole - House repair - Parole on the ground of house repair refused contending that the house of the petitioner was in a good condition - However, report of the Municipal Councillor that house required repairs - Parole granted for 4 weeks...........
Haryana Urban (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act, 1973, Section 13(3)(i) -- House tax assessment register - Partial admissibility as to rate of rent - Entry as to rate of rent admissible in absence of rent note and rent receipt - Entry of ownership in municipal record in the name of father but father made a statement in Court that premises is owned by his son - Statement..........
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..........
Constitution of India, 1950, Article 226, 227 -- Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, Sections 149 and 146 - House tax - Alternative remedy - Writ jurisdiction - Order of assessment challenged by the petitioner Company in appeal and appeal dismissed - The said order attained finality - The jurisdiction of the High Court under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution cannot..........
Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, Section 171(4), 3(13) -- Public streets - Brick masonary walls erected by shopkeepers as extensions of the existing walls of the shops and the verandah space amalgamated within their shops by fixing shutters - Held to be unauthorized constructions - Respondents could have simply booked the unauthorized constructions and notices should have been..........
Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 1988, Section 3(1)(d) -- Parole - Release on parole - Sought for repair of house - Police opposing the parole but Municipal Committee strongly recommended grant of parole - Parole refused without considering report of Municipal Committee - Order set aside - Authority directed to reconsider the matter afresh...........
Haryana Municipalities Act, 1973, Section 74, 75 -- Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, Sections 62 and 62A - Show tax on cinema - Enhancement of rate - Requirement of issuing gazette notification - Held that no notification as required under Section 74 of 1973 Act had to be issued as the enhancement was made under the provisions of sub-section (2) of Section 75 of the 1973 Act...........
