https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=165185 Clause (iii) of Section 1(3) of the Jammu & Kashmir Houses and Shops Rent Control Act, 1966 excludes tenants whose net income exceeds the prescribed limit from tenancy protection. The classification was treated as a social and economic measure intended to protect weaker tenants while encouraging construction of new buildings. The tenant's annual net income was held to be an intelligible differentia, and the income-based exclusion was found to have a rational nexus with the legislative object. On that reasoning, the provision was regarded as consistent with Article 14. en-us Tue, 09 Oct 1990 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 08:33:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=165185 Clause (iii) of Section 1(3) of the Jammu & Kashmir Houses and Shops Rent Control Act, 1966 excludes tenants whose net income exceeds the prescribed limit from tenancy protection. The classification was treated as a social and economic measure intended to protect weaker tenants while encouraging construction of new buildings. The tenant's annual net income was held to be an intelligible differentia, and the income-based exclusion was found to have a rational nexus with the legislative object. On that reasoning, the provision was regarded as consistent with Article 14. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 09 Oct 1990 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=165185