https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191714 Sections 14(1)(b) and 16(2) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960 were upheld as constitutionally valid under Article 14. The Court held that treating demolition and reconstruction differently from repairs is a rational classification because reconstruction necessarily involves a longer interruption and the tenant can seek other accommodation in the interim; no right to re-induction after demolition was therefore not hostile discrimination. The five-year exemption for reconstructed buildings was also upheld as a legitimate incentive to promote removal of dilapidated premises and fresh construction, and the law was found to be a balanced rent-control scheme rather than an arbitrary one. en-us Thu, 03 Sep 1987 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:34:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191714 Sections 14(1)(b) and 16(2) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960 were upheld as constitutionally valid under Article 14. The Court held that treating demolition and reconstruction differently from repairs is a rational classification because reconstruction necessarily involves a longer interruption and the tenant can seek other accommodation in the interim; no right to re-induction after demolition was therefore not hostile discrimination. The five-year exemption for reconstructed buildings was also upheld as a legitimate incentive to promote removal of dilapidated premises and fresh construction, and the law was found to be a balanced rent-control scheme rather than an arbitrary one. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 03 Sep 1987 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191714