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Impair materially, in s. 13(2)(iii) of the East Punjab Rent Restriction Act, 1949, the meaning of the expression 'to impair materially' in common parlance would mean to diminish in quality, strength or value substantially. In other words to make a thing or substance worse and deteriorate. The word 'impair' cannot be said to have a fixed meaning. It is a relative term affording different meaning in different context and situations. Here in the context the term 'impair materially' has been used to mean, considerable decrease in quality which may be measured with reference to the antecedent state of things as it existed earlier in point of time as compared to a later stage after the alleged change is made or effected suggesting impairment, Gurbachan Singh v. Shivalak Rubber Industries, (1996) 2 SCC 626: AIR 1996 SC 3057 (3061)....
Impair
Impair, when a construction is alleged to materially impair the value or utility of a building, the construction should be of such a nature as to substantially diminish the value of the building either from the commercial and monetary point of view or from the utilitarian aspect of the building, Om Pal v. Anand Swarup, (1988) 4 SCC 545: (1988) Supp 3 SCR 391.Impair, means to diminish the value of (property or property right). This term is commonly used in reference to diminishing the value of a contractual obligation to the point that the contract becomes invalid or a party loses the benefit of the contract, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 754....
impair
impair 1 : to damage or make worse by or as if by diminishing [ed health] 2 : to diminish the value of (property or property rights) ;specif : to diminish the value of (legal contractual obligations) to the point that a party loses the benefit of the contract or the contract otherwise becomes invalid [a law ing a state's own obligations was entitled to less deference "Gerald Gunther"] see also contract clause im·pair·ment n ...
Impair
To make worse to diminish in quantity value excellence or strength to deteriorate as to impair health character the mind value...
hearing impaired
having a hearing impairment making hearing difficult having a defective but functioning sense of hearing...
Hearing impairment
Hearing impairment, means loss of sixty decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies. [Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996), s. 2 (l)]...
Impairer
One who or that which impairs...
Impairment
The state act or process of being impaired injury...
Retrospective law
Retrospective law, retrospective means looking backward; contemplating what is past; having reference to a statute or things existing before the Act in question. Retrospective law, according to the same dictionary, means a law which looks back-ward or contemplates the past; one which is made to affect acts or facts occurring, or rights occurring, before it came into force. Every statute which takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability in respect to transactions or considerations already past. Retroactive statute means a statute which creates a new obligation on transactions or considerations already past or destroys or impairs vested rights, Darshan Singh v. Ram Pal Singh, AIR 1991 SC 1654: (1992) Supp 1 SCC 191....
Retrospective or retroactive law
Retrospective or retroactive law, as one which takes away or impairs vested or accrued rights acquired under existing law. A retroactive law takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability, in respect to transactions or considerations already past, Words and Phrases, Permanent Edn., Vol. 37A, pp. 224-225....
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