Delhi Rent Act 1995 might face amendment
The Delhi high court on Tuesday asked the new government at the Centre to clarify its stand on the implementation of the amended Delhi Rent Act, 1995.
A division bench of Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed and Justice Siddharth Mridul directed the Centre to place its stand on the politically sensitive issue. Successive governments have shied away from giving effect to the act for almost two decades.
The previous government had begun moves to repeal the 1995 act, even as the amended act came as a ray of hope for property owners in Delhi, who have been receiving pittance as rent due to the ceiling fixed by the original act in 1958.
This act must face amendments it has been nearly a decade that no one has ever amended the act. The act should face some new regulations at an immediate stance. It is however needed to see as what the present government has to do on the Delhi Rent Act. However even if decisions are taken it would need some time to get fulfilled and amended as it would require a proper planning before enactment.
Source: The Times of India
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