Supreme Court · 1970 INSC 197 · Decided 18 September 1970
Guntur Municipal Council v. Guntur Town Rate Payers Association
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1970 INSC 197 · [1971] 2 S.C.R. 423
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1650/1966
- Decided
- 18 September 1970
- Bench
- J.C. SHAH, A.N. GROVER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Modified
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Rent Control Act Section 4
Headnote
Madru.1· District Municipalities Act (5 of 1920). s. 82(2) Rew ,11 whic:h buildings nray reasonahly be expected to be let /ro111 111ontl1 ro ntontli-How dctcnnined. The appellant Municipal Council effected (a general revision of the rental values of houses and buildings in the municipality, Act, 1920. for the purpose ol assessment of tax. On the question whether the appellant was bound to make the asse-s­ ment in the light of the provisioos of the Rent Control Act, HELD : (a) Under s. 82(2) the test is what rent the premises can lawfully fetch if let out to a hypothetical
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