Court : Jammu and Kashmir
Reported in : AIR1980J& K60
Mufti, Actg. C.J. 1. The petitioner is an owner liable to pay tax under Urban Immovable Property Tax Act, 1962 (shortly 'the Act') in respect of a house and shop situate in Rughnath Bazar within the limits of rating area Jammu. In the approved valuation list for the period 1968 to 3973, which became effective with effect from 1st October 1968, the annual letting value of the house and shop was assessed and fixed at Rs. 3600/-. On 28-11-1969, the, Assessing Authority issued a notice to the petitioner informing her that it was necessary to amend the valuation list in the manner that the annual value of the property is determined at Rs. 8400/- with effect from 1st October, 1968 and required her to show cause why the proposed amendment should not be made. The petitioner objected to the amendment. By his order dated 7-2-1970, the Assessing Authority, after repelling the objections, determined the annual rent at Rs. 8284/- retrospectively with effect from 1st October, 1968 and levied the tax...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Jammu and Kashmir
Reported in : AIR1981J& K5
Mufti Baha-Ud-Din Farooqi, Ag. C.J.1. Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, reads thus:'Where in any proceeding under this Act it appears to the court that either the wife or husband, as the case may be, has no independent income sufficient for her or his support and the necessary expenses of the proceeding, it may, on the application of the wife or the husband, order the respondent to pay to the petitioner the expenses of the proceeding, and monthly during the proceeding such sum, as having regard to the petitioner's own income and the income of the respondent it may seem to the court to be reasonable.'2. On a plain interpretation of this section, a child born out of the wed-lock between litigating husband and wife is not entitled to maintenace pendente lite. Such maintenance can be granted in favour of the wife or the husband as the case may be. The maintenance is to be allowed on monthly basis 'during the proceeding'. The words 'during the proceedings' connote that the maintenance s...
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