https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=178967 A rent-control exemption notification fixing a monthly rent ceiling for exclusion from the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act was held to exceed delegated power because it departed from the Act's protective policy and operated as a permanent, substantial withdrawal of tenant protection. The Court treated the notification as delegated legislation, not conditional legislation, and held that a delegate cannot alter the statute's essential features or effect a partial repeal. It also found the classification arbitrary, since the ceiling was adopted mechanically without adequate data or consideration of local conditions, inflation, or actual impact. The exemption was therefore invalid and could not be sustained under Article 14. en-us Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 18:08:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=178967 A rent-control exemption notification fixing a monthly rent ceiling for exclusion from the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act was held to exceed delegated power because it departed from the Act's protective policy and operated as a permanent, substantial withdrawal of tenant protection. The Court treated the notification as delegated legislation, not conditional legislation, and held that a delegate cannot alter the statute's essential features or effect a partial repeal. It also found the classification arbitrary, since the ceiling was adopted mechanically without adequate data or consideration of local conditions, inflation, or actual impact. The exemption was therefore invalid and could not be sustained under Article 14. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=178967