Title : Charges in Excess of Fair Rate Not Recoverable
State : Central
Year : 1958
When the Controller has determined the fair rate of charges in respect of a hotel or lodging house,-- (a) the manager of the hotel or the owner of the lodging house, as the case may be, shall not charge any amount in excess of the fair rate and shall not, except with the previous written permission of the Controller, withdraw from the lodger any concession or service allowed at the time when the Controller determined the fair rate; (b) any agreement for the payment of any charges in excess of such fair rate shall be void in respect of such excess and shall be construed as if it were an agreement for payment of the said fair rate; (c) any sum paid by a lodger in excess of the fair rate shall be recoverable by him at any time within a period of six months from the date of the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Accounts and Audit
State : Central
Year : 2001
(1) The Council shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records and prepare an annual statement of accounts including the balance-sheet in such form as the Central Government may, by rules, prescribe and in accordance with such general directions as may be issued by that Government, in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. (2) The accounts of the Council shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India and any expenditure incurred by him in connection with such audit shall be payable by the Council to the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. (3) The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India and any person appointed by him in connection with the audit of the accounts of the Council shall have the same rights, privileges and..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Karnataka Traffic Control Act, 1960
State : Karnataka
Year : 1960
Preamble 1 - KARNATAKA TRAFFIC CONTROL ACT, 1960 Chapter 1 Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement Section 2 - Definitions Chapter 2 Section 3 - Power to restrict the use of vehicles Section 4 - Traffic signs Section 5 - Main Roads Section 6 - Duty to obey traffic signs Section 7 - Signals Section 8 - Leaving vehicle or animal in dangerous position Section 9 - Towing of person riding cycle Section 10 - Leaving vehicle or animal unattended Section 11 - Duty of driver to stop in certain cases Section 12 - Duty of owner of vehicle or animal to give information Section 13 - Duty of driver in case of accident and injury to person Section 14 - Power to make rules for control of traffic Chapter 3 Section 15 - General provision regarding construction and maintenance ..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Rent in Excess of Standard Rent Not Recoverable
State : Central
Year : 1952
(1) Except where rent is liable to periodical increase by virtue of an agreement entered into before the 1st day of January, 1939 or where rent is payable under a lease entered into before the 1st day of January, 1939, which has not expired before the first day of the period for which the rent is claimed, 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 null and void and shall be construed as if it were an..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Lawful Increases of Standard Rent
State : Central
Year : 1952
(1) Where a landlord has at anytime, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, incurred expenditure for any improvement, addition or structural alteration in the premises , not being expenditure on decoration or tenantable repairs necessary or usual for such premises, and the cost of that improvement, addition or alteration has not been taken into account in determining the standard rent of the premises, the landlord may lawfully increase the standard rent per year by an amount not exceeding seven and a half per cent of such cost. (2) Where a landlord pays in respect of the premises any charge for electricity or water consumed in the premises or any other charge levied by a local authority having jurisdiction on the area which is ordinarily payable by the tenant, he may..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Revision of Fair Rate
State : Central
Year : 1952
On a written application from the manager of a hotel or the owner of a lodging house or otherwise, the Controller may, from time to time, revise the fair rate to be charged for board, lodging or other service, and fix such rate as he may deem fit having regard to any general rise or fall in the cost of living which may have occurred after the fixing of the fair rate. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Protection of Action Taken Under This Chapter
State : Central
Year : 1952
No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against a Controller in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Chapter. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Landlords Duty to Keep the Premises in Good Repair
State : Central
Year : 1952
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, and in the absence of agreement to the contrary by the tenant, every landlord shall be bound to keep the premises in good and tenantable repair. (2) If the landlord neglects or fails to make within a reasonable time, after notice in writing any repairs which he is bound to make under sub-section (1), the tenant may make the same himself and deduct the expenses of such repairs from the rent or otherwise recover them from the landlord: Provided that the amount so deducted or recoverable in any year shall not exceed one-twelfth of the rent payable by the tenant for that year. (3) Where any repairs without which the premises are not habitable or useable except with undue inconvenience are to be made and the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Rent in Excess of Standard Rent Not Recoverable
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. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : When a Tenant Can Get the Benefit of Protection Against Eviction
State : Central
Year : 1958
(1) In every proceeding of the recovery of possession of any premises on the ground specified in clause (a) of the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 14, the Controller shall, after giving the parties an opportunity of being heard, make an order directing the tenant to pay to the landlord or deposit with the Controller within one month of the date of the order, an amount calculated at the rate of rent at which it was last paid for the period for which the arrears of the rent were legally recoverable from the tenant including the period subsequent thereto up to the end of the month previous to that in which payment or deposit is made and to continue to pay or deposit, month by month, by the fifteenth of each succeeding month, a sum equivalent to the rent at that rate. (2) If, in any..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section