https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=365359 Section 5(8) of the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1997 imposed a statutory duty on tenants to pay their apportioned share of municipal tax as occupiers, and that duty prevailed over any inconsistent tenancy term including municipal taxes in rent. Because the landlord's apportionment of the enhanced municipal tax was not shown to be unauthorized, excessive, or contrary to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980, non-payment of the apportioned tax was treated as default in rent. On that basis, the tenant was liable to eviction. en-us Thu, 09 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 03 Aug 2022 12:04:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=365359 Section 5(8) of the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1997 imposed a statutory duty on tenants to pay their apportioned share of municipal tax as occupiers, and that duty prevailed over any inconsistent tenancy term including municipal taxes in rent. Because the landlord's apportionment of the enhanced municipal tax was not shown to be unauthorized, excessive, or contrary to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980, non-payment of the apportioned tax was treated as default in rent. On that basis, the tenant was liable to eviction. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 09 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=365359