Title : Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 [Repealed]
State : Central
Year : 1958
Preamble1 - DELHI RENT CONTROL ACT, 1958 Chapter I Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Act not to apply to certain premises Chapter II Section4 - Rent in excess of standard rent not recoverable Section5 - Unlawful changes not to be claimed or received Section6 - Standard rent Section6A - Revision of rent Section7 - Lawful increase of standard rent in certain cases and recovery of other charges Section8 - Notice of increase of rent Section9 - Controller to fix standard rent, etc. Section10 - Fixation of interim rent Section11 - Limitation of liability of middlemen Section12 - Limitation for application for fixation of standard rent Section13 - Refund of rent, premium, etc., not recoverable under the Act Chapter III Section14 -..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Delhi Rent Act, 1995
State : Central
Year : 1958
THE DELHI RENT ACT, 1995 [Act, No. 33 of 1995] [23rdAugust, 1995] PREAMBLE AnAct to provide for the regulation of rents repairs and maintenance and evictionsrelating to premises and of rates of hotels and lodging houses in the NationalCapital Territory of Delhi. be it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-sixth Year of the Republic ofIndia as follows:-- 1. Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may becalled the Delhi Rent Act, 1995. (2) It extends to theareas included within the limits of the New Delhi Municipal Council and theDelhi Cantonment Board and to urban areas within the limits of the MunicipalCorporation of Delhi for the time being: Providedthat the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,exclude any area from the operation of..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : The Second Schedule
State : Central
Year : 1958
THE SECOND SCHEDULE [See sections 2(a) and 6 (1)] Basic Rent 1. In this Schedule, "basic rent" in relation to any premises let out before the 2nd June, 1944, means the original rent of such premises referred to in paragraph 2 increased by such percentage of the original rent as is specified in paragraph 3 or paragraph 4 or paragraph 5, as the case may be. (2) "Original rent", in relation to premises referred to in paragraph 1, means-- (a) where the rent of such premises has been fixed under the New Delhi House Rent Control Order, 1939, or the Delhi Rent Control Ordinance, 1944 (25 of 1944), the rent so fixed; or (b) in any other case,-- (i) the rent at which the premises were let on the 1st November, 1939, or (ii) if the premises were not let on that dale, the rent at..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionState : Delhi
Year : 1958
DELHI RENT CONTROL ACT, 1958 DELHI RENT CONTROL ACT, 1958 59 of 1958 31st December 1958 An act to provide for the control of rents and evictions and of rates of hotels and lodging houses, and for the lease of vacant premises to Government, in certain areas in the Union Territory of Delhi. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Ninth Year of Republic of India as follows CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY Section1 Short title, extent and Commencement (1) This Act may be called the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958. (2) It extends to the areas included within the limits of the New Delhi Municipal Committee and the Delhi Cantonment Board and to such urban areas within the limits of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi as are specified in the First Schedule : Provided that the Central..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Provisions Regarding Rent
State : Central
Year : 1958
(1) Except where rent is liable to periodical increase by virtue of an agreement entered into before the 1st day of January, 1939, no tenant shall, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, be liable to pay to his landlord for the occupation of any premises any amount in excess of the standard rent of the premises, unless such amount is a lawful increase of the standard rent in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1) any agreement for the payment of rent in excess of the standard rent shall be construed as if it were an agreement for the payment of the standard rent only. Section 5 - Unlawful changes not to be claimed or received (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, no person shall claim or receive any rent in excess..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Control of Eviction of Tenants
State : Central
Year : 1958
(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law or contract, no order or decree for the recovery of possession of any premises shall be made by any court or Controller in favour of the landlord against a tenant: Provided that the Controller may, on an application made to him in the prescribed manner, make an order for the recovery of possession of the premises on one or more of the following grounds only, namely: -- (a) that the tenant has neither paid nor tendered the whole of the arrears of the rent legally recoverable from him within two months of the date on which a notice of demand for the arrears of rent has been served of him by the landlord in the manner provided in section 106 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (4 of 1882); (b) that the tenant..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Miscellaneous
State : Central
Year : 1958
(1) Save a otherwise expressly provided in this Act, no civil court shall entertain any suit or proceeding in so far as it relates to the fixation of standard rent in relation to any premises to which this Act applies or to eviction of any tenant therefrom or to any other matter which the Controller is empowered by or under (his Act to decide, and no injunction in respect of any action taken or to be taken by the Controller under this Act shall be granted by any civil court or other authority. (2) If, immediately before the commencement of this Act, (here is any suit or proceeding pending in any civil court for the eviction of any tenant from any premises to which this Act applies and the construction of which has been completed after the 1st day of June, 1951, but before the 9th day..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Standard Rent
State : Central
Year : 1958
(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), "standard rent", in relation to any premises means-- (A) in the case of residential premises-- (1) where such premises have been let out at any time before the 2nd day of June, 1944,-- (a) if the basic rent of such premises per annum does not exceed six hundred rupees, the basic rent; or (b) if the basic rent of such premises per annum exceeds six hundred rupees, the basic rent together with ten per cent. of such basic rent; (2) where such premises have been let out at any lime on or after the 2nd day of June, 1944,-- (a) in any case where the rent of such premises has been fixed under the Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara Rent Control Act, 1947 (19 of 1947), or the Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control Act, 1952 (38 of 1952),-- (i) if such..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Preliminary
State : Central
Year : 1958
(1) This Act may be called the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958. (2) It extends to the areas included within the limits of the New Delhi Municipal Committee and the Delhi Cantonment Board and to such urban areas within the limits of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi as are specified in the First Schedule: Provided that the Central Government; may, by notification in the Official Gazette, extend this Act or any provision thereof, to any other urban area included within the limits of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi of exclude any area from the operation of this Act or any provision thereof. (3) It shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. __________________________ 1. Came into force on 9-2-1959 ov vide..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958
State : Central
Year : 1958
THE DELHI RENT CONTROL ACT, 1958 [Act, No. 59 of 1958] [31st December, 1958] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the control of rents and evictions and of rates of hotels and lodging houses, and for the lease of vacant premises to Government, in certain areas in the Union territory of Delhi. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows: -- View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section