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Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 Section 50

Title: Competent Authority

State: Central

Year: 1995

The State Government shall appoint any authority as it deems fit to be a competent authority for the purposes of this Act.

Delhi Rent Act, 1995 Section 14

Title: Limitation of Liability of Middlemen.

State: Central

Year: 1995

No collector of rent or middleman shall be liable to pay to his principal, in respect of any premises, any sum by way of rental and other charges which exceeds the amount which he is entitled under this Act to realize from the tenant or tenants of the premises.

Delhi Rent Act, 1995 Section 22

Title: Protection of Tenant Against Eviction

State: Central

Year: 1995

(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. Tribunal or Rent Authority' in favour of the landlord against a tenant save as provided in sub- section (2) (2) The Rent Authority 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 and other charges payable for two or more consecutive months legally recoverable from him within two months of the date on which a notice of demand for the arrears of such rent and other charges payable and interest at the r

Delhi Rent Act, 1995 Section 21

Title: Cutting off or Withholding Essential Supply or Service

State: Central

Year: 1995

.....an order directing the restoration of the amenities immediately pending the inquiry referred to in sub-section (4). Explanation-- An interim order may be passed under this sub-section without giving notice to the landlord or the tenant as the case may be. (4) If the Rent Authority on inquiry finds that the essential supply or service enjoyed by the tenant or the landlord was cut off or withheld by the landlord or the tenant, as the case may be, wilfully and without just and sufficient cause, he shall make an order directing the restoration of such supply or service. (5) The Rent Authority shall complete an enquiry under sub-section (4) within a period of one month of filing of an application for enquiry unless the Rent Authority, for reasons to be recorded in writing decides that it is not possible to complete the enquiry within such period. (6) The Rent Authority may, in his discretion, direct that compensation not exceeding one thousand rupees be paid to-- (a) the landlord or the tenant, as the case may be, by the complainant if the application under sub-section (2) was made frivolously or vexatiously; (b) the complainant, if the landlord or the tenant, as the.....

Delhi Rent Act, 1995 Section 20

Title: Duties of Tenant

State: Central

Year: 1995

.....wear and tear, as it was in when it was handed over to him at the beginning of such tenancy and in a case where certain damages have been caused, not being damages caused by force majeur, the tenant shall make good the damages caused to the premises failing which the landlord may apply to the Rent Authority for permission to make good the said damages and the Rent Authority shall decide the matter in the manner provided in sub-section (2). (6) The tenant shall not, whether during the subsistence of tenancy or thereafter, demolish any improvement or alteration carried out by him in the premises or remove any material used in such improvement or alteration, other than any fixture of a removable nature, without the permission of the landlord failing which such demolition or alteration shall be deemed to be a damage caused by such tenant under sub-section (4) and shall be dealt with accordingly.

Delhi Rent Act, 1995 Section 19

Title: Duties of Landlord

State: Central

Year: 1995

.....good and tenantable repairs in relation to matters falling under Part A of Schedule III. Explanation.-- "Good and tenantable repairs" under this section and section 20 shall mean such repairs as shall keep the premises in the same condition in which it was let out except for the normal wear and tear. (2) Where any repairs, in relation to a matter falling under Part A of Schedule III, without which the premises are not habitable or useable except with undue inconvenience are to be made and the landlord neglects or fails to make them within a period of three months after notice in writing in writing, the tenant may apply to the Rent Authority for permission to make such repairs himself and may submit to the Rent Authority an estimate of the cost of such repairs, and, thereupon, the Rent Authority may, after giving the landlord an opportunity of being heard and after considering such estimate of the cost and making such inquiries as it may consider necessary, by an order in writing, permit the tenant to make such repairs at such cost as may be specified in the order and it shall thereafter be lawful for the tenant to make such repairs himself and to deduct the cost thereof.....

Delhi Rent Act, 1995 Section 18

Title: Saving as to Acceptance of Rent and Other Charges Payable and Forfeiture Thereof in Deposit

State: Central

Year: 1995

(1) The withdrawal of rent and other charges payable deposited under section 16 in the manner provided therein shall not operate as an admission against the person withdrawing it of the correctness of the rate of rent and other charges payable the period of default, the amount due, or of any other facts stated in the tenant's application for depositing the rent and other charges payable under the said section. (2) Any rent and other charges payable in deposit which are not withdrawn by the landlord or by the person or persons entitled to receive such rent and other charges payable shall be forfeited to Government by an order made by the Rent Authority, if they are not withdrawn before the expiration of five years from the date of posting of the notice or deposit. (3) Before passing an order of forfeiture, the Rent Authority shall give notice to the landlord or the person or persons entitled to receive the rent and other charges in deposit by registered post at the last known address of such landlord or person or persons and shall also publish the notice in his office and in any local newspaper.

Delhi Rent Act, 1995 Section 17

Title: Time Limit for Making Deposit and Consequences of Incorrect Particulars in Application for Deposit

State: Central

Year: 1995

(1) no rent and other charges deposited under section 16 shall be considered to have been validly deposited under that section, unless the deposit is made within twenty-one days of the time referred to in section 15 for payment of the rent and other charges payable. (2) No such deposit shall be considered to have been validly made, if the tenant wilfully makes any false statement in his application for depositing the rent and other charges payable, unless the landlord has withdrawn the amount deposited before the date of filing an application for the recovery of possession of the premises from the tenant. (3) If the rent and other charges payable are deposited within the time mentioned in sub-section (1) and do not cease to be a valid deposit for the reasons mentioned in sub-section (2), the deposit shall constitute payment of rent and other charges payable to the landlord, as if the amount deposited had been validly tendered.

Delhi Rent Act, 1995 Section 16

Title: Deposit of Rent by Tenant

State: Central

Year: 1995

Delhi Rent Act, 1995 Section 15

Title: Receipt to Be Given for Rent Paid

State: Central

Year: 1995

.....signed by the landlord or his authorized agent: Provided that it shall be open to the tenant to remit the rent to his land-lord by postal money order. (3) If the landlord or his authorized agent refuses or neglects to deliver to the tenant the receipt referred to in sub-section (2), the Rent Authority may, on an application made to him in this behalf by the tenant within two months from the date of payment and after hearing the landlord or his authorized agent, by order direct the landlord or his authorized agent to pay to the tenant, by way of damages, such sum not exceeding double the amount of rent or other charges paid by the tenant and the costs of the application and shall also grant a certificate to the tenant in respect of the rent or other charges paid. (4) If the landlord or his authorized agent refuses to accept or evades acceptance of receipt of rent and other charges payable to him, the tenant may, by notice in writing, ask the landlord to supply him the particulars of his bank account in a bank located in the National Capital Territory of Delhi into which the tenant may deposit the rent and other charges payable to the credit of the landlord. (5) If the.....