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Slum

A foul back street of a city especially one filled with a poor dirty degraded and often vicious population any low neighborhood or dark retreat usually in the plural as Westminster slums are haunts for theives...


Slumming

Visiting slums Sometimes used humorously in reference to the appearance of a dignified person in a situation generally thought of as low class...


Occupier

Occupier, includes, --(i) any person who for the time being is paying or is liable to pay to the owner the rent or any portion of the rent of the land or building in respect of which such rent is paid or is payable.(ii) an owner in occupation of or otherwise using his land or building.(iii) a rent-free tenant of any land or building, and(iv) any person who is liable to pay to the owner damages for the use and occupation of any land or building. [The Maharashtra Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 2006, s. 2(i)]Means a person who occupies a site or building within a zone and including his successors and assignees. [The Rajasthan Special Economic Zones Development Act, 2003, s. 2(h)]Occupier, of a jute-mill means the person who has ultimate control over the affairs of the jute-mill. [The West Bengal Value Added Tax Act, 2003, s. 2(25)]The person residing in or upon or having a right to reside in or upon any house, land, or place; formerly rateable to the poor rate under the Poor Rel...


redlining

redlining 1 : the illegal and discriminatory practice of refusing to lend to or insure people in a particular area (as a slum) 2 : the practice of showing changes to a draft of a document by marking with red lines ...


Erection

Erection, 'erection' in relation to a building includes extension, alternation or re-election. [Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1965 (96 of 1965), s. 2(d)]...


To which s. 54 does not apply

To which s. 54 does not apply, the Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950, the Slum Areas (Improvement & Clearance) Act, 1956 and the Delhi (Tenants Temporary Protection) Act, 1956 and the Delhi Tenants (Temporary Protection) Act, 1956, all deal with premises and property and therefore the phrase 'to which s. 54 does not apply' is connected with the word 'premises'. The proviso did not apply and the matter had to be governed by the old Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control Act, 1952, which had been repealed, Jai Narain v. Kishanchand, AIR 1969 SC 1165: (1969) 1 SCC 724: (1969) 3 SCR 854....


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