https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192322 Where a statute expressly leaves commencement to notification by the Central Government, courts cannot compel notification by mandamus when Parliament has vested that timing in executive discretion without objective standards. The Court also held that section 5 of the General Clauses Act did not apply because the Delhi Rent Act, 1995 was not framed to commence on assent but on a date appointed by notification. Accordingly, the Act could not be treated as having come into force on presidential assent, and the challenge to its non-commencement failed. en-us Wed, 08 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 05 Jul 2024 21:38:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192322 Where a statute expressly leaves commencement to notification by the Central Government, courts cannot compel notification by mandamus when Parliament has vested that timing in executive discretion without objective standards. The Court also held that section 5 of the General Clauses Act did not apply because the Delhi Rent Act, 1995 was not framed to commence on assent but on a date appointed by notification. Accordingly, the Act could not be treated as having come into force on presidential assent, and the challenge to its non-commencement failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 08 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192322