https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192154 Tenants' permanent structural alterations, including removal of roofs, partition walls and doors, enclosure of the verandah, merging of shops, construction over open land, and alteration of access, were held to amount to material impairment of the value or utility of the demised premises under Section 13(2)(iii) of the East Punjab Rent Restriction Act, 1949. The Court applied the test whether the tenant's acts substantially diminished the quality, strength or intrinsic worth of the premises from the landlord's point of view. On the evidence, the changes were substantial and permanent, transformed the premises into a materially different structure, and affected its fitness for practical use. Eviction was therefore warranted. en-us Fri, 23 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 17 May 2017 16:43:34 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192154 Tenants' permanent structural alterations, including removal of roofs, partition walls and doors, enclosure of the verandah, merging of shops, construction over open land, and alteration of access, were held to amount to material impairment of the value or utility of the demised premises under Section 13(2)(iii) of the East Punjab Rent Restriction Act, 1949. The Court applied the test whether the tenant's acts substantially diminished the quality, strength or intrinsic worth of the premises from the landlord's point of view. On the evidence, the changes were substantial and permanent, transformed the premises into a materially different structure, and affected its fitness for practical use. Eviction was therefore warranted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 23 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192154