Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, Section 12, 20, 21, Punjab Municipal (President and Vice President) Election Rules, 1994, Rule 3, 4, 5 -- First meeting for election of President and Vice President - Presiding Officer to hold draw of lots in case of two candidates securing equal number of votes - Presiding Officer cannot adjourn meeting on the asking of any person and he is..........
Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, Section 269, 270 -- Municipal Corporation demolished construction without notice to owner - Municipal Corporation directed to restore the construction and recover cost from erring officials...........
Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, Section 11 -- Suit filed by four brothers alleging that they were the owners of certain land and not the Gram Panchayat - Suit dismissed - Held, order will be binding on the sister as she has no better rights than the rights of brothers...........
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 5, 4, 16, Punjab Custom (Power, Contest) Act, 1920, Section 3 -- Adoption - Hindu Jat of Tehsil Naraingarh (Haryana) adopting a child - Custom barred the Jats of that area from making adoption - Custom does not prevail after coming into force of Hindu Adoption Act - In the matter of adoption Hindu Adoption Act has..........
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 4, 5, 10, Punjab Custom (Power, Contest) Act, 1920, Section 3 -- Adoption - Custom - Custom relating to adoption has ceased to have any force after coming into force of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act - Under the Act the adopted child is completely transposed from the family of the natural birth to the adoptive..........
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 13, 2 -- Statutory tenant - Will - Bequeathing of tenancy rights - Held, A statutory tenant cannot bequeath his tenancy right in favour of one in exclusion to the other as the successor gets a right of inheritance under the statute and not on the wish of the tenant...........
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 7, 13(2) -- Charge u/s 7 r/w S.13(2) of the Act framed against Manager, Punjab Agricultural Development Bank - High Court holding that accused was not a public servant - Held, High Court has not analysed the factual position - Total share capital of the Bank was not known - No enquiry as to whether it was Govt. Company or not -..........
Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, Section 13, 13A, 104, 167 -- Eligibility of Scheduled Caste Women - Women elected to the office of Panch against the reserved category of SC (Women) - She is eligible to contest election of Sarpanch against seat reserved for `women' - Act or rules do not exclude her from being elected to the reserved seat of Sarpanch for women...........
Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, Section 13, 13A, 104, 167 -- Declaration of election of all the members of Gram Panchayat - Held, if no candidate could be elected against one of the seats of Gram Panchayat, the election of all other elected panches cannot be kept pending for notification until all the seats are filled up - Election of all the members should mean only..........
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 13(2)(ii)(a) -- Sub letting - Death of tenant - Tenancy inherited by brother of deceased tenant - Held, it is not sub letting as tenancy is heritable...........
