https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200536 An amendment to the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act that removed a landlord's right to evict a tenant from a non-residential building for bona fide personal requirement was held to fail reasonable classification under Article 14. The law treated residential and commercial premises differently without a rational nexus to the Act's object of regulating rent and preventing mala fide evictions. Because the restriction barred recovery of commercial premises even for genuine landlord need, it was found harsh, arbitrary, and discriminatory. The amendment was therefore unconstitutional, and the original eviction ground for bona fide need in respect of non-residential premises stood restored. en-us Tue, 05 Dec 1995 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 03 Apr 2018 17:26:40 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200536 An amendment to the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act that removed a landlord's right to evict a tenant from a non-residential building for bona fide personal requirement was held to fail reasonable classification under Article 14. The law treated residential and commercial premises differently without a rational nexus to the Act's object of regulating rent and preventing mala fide evictions. Because the restriction barred recovery of commercial premises even for genuine landlord need, it was found harsh, arbitrary, and discriminatory. The amendment was therefore unconstitutional, and the original eviction ground for bona fide need in respect of non-residential premises stood restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 05 Dec 1995 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200536