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1. Question 1 · Maharashtra Local Laws Practice Set 1

   A tenant applies to the court under Section 8 of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 for fixation of the standard rent. The court specifies an amount and directs him to deposit it in court pending the decision. The tenant neither deposits the amount nor opts to pay it to the landlord. What is the consequence under Section 8(3)?

   1. A. The landlord becomes entitled to an immediate decree for eviction
   2. B. His application for fixing the standard rent shall be dismissed
   3. C. The court shall fix the standard rent at the contractual rent
   4. D. He loses the right to appear but the application continues
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   B. His application for fixing the standard rent shall be dismissed

   Section 8(3)(c) provides that if the tenant fails to deposit the specified amount or to pay it to the landlord, his application shall be dismissed. The bar on appearing and defending except with leave is the consequence under Section 8(4)(c) in a landlord's suit for rent, not under Section 8(3).

2. Question 2 · Maharashtra Local Laws Practice Set 1

   A tenant serves the landlord with a notice of fifteen days asking for necessary repairs that the landlord is bound to make under Section 14(1) of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999. The landlord neglects to make them within a reasonable time. The tenant gets the repairs done himself. Under Section 14(2), the tenant may:

   1. A. Deduct the full cost from rent in a single year without any limit
   2. B. Recover the cost only by a suit, not by any deduction from rent
   3. C. Deduct the cost from rent, but not over one-half of that year's rent payable
   4. D. Deduct the cost from rent, but not over one-fourth of that year's rent
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   D. Deduct the cost from rent, but not over one-fourth of that year's rent

   Section 14(2) lets the tenant make the repairs and deduct the expenses from the rent or otherwise recover them, but the second proviso limits the amount deducted or recoverable in any year to one-fourth of the rent payable by the tenant for that year.

3. Question 3 · Maharashtra Local Laws Practice Set 1

   L sues his tenant T for possession under the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 solely on the ground of arrears of standard rent, after serving the required demand notice. T is served with the summons of the suit. Within ninety days of that service, T tenders in court the entire standard rent then due with simple interest at fifteen per cent per annum, keeps tendering the rent regularly while the suit is pending, and pays the costs as directed. What follows under Section 15(3)?

   1. A. A decree must pass, since the default was complete before suit
   2. B. A decree must pass unless T paid within the notice period itself
   3. C. The court may refuse a decree only if T had paid within thirty days
   4. D. No decree for eviction can be passed on the ground of arrears
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   D. No decree for eviction can be passed on the ground of arrears

   Section 15(3) bars a decree for eviction on the ground of arrears if, within ninety days from service of the summons, the tenant pays or tenders the standard rent and permitted increases then due with simple interest at fifteen per cent per annum, continues to pay or tender regularly till the suit is decided, and pays the costs.

4. Question 4 · Maharashtra Local Laws Practice Set 1

   Under Section 15(1) of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999, a landlord is not entitled to recover possession so long as the tenant:

   1. A. Pays or is ready and willing to pay the standard rent and permitted increases and observes the other conditions of tenancy
   2. B. Has resided in the premises for at least twelve years and has never been convicted of any offence under the Act
   3. C. Has deposited one year's rent with the Competent Authority as security against any future arrears and against damage to the premises
   4. D. Has paid the rent agreed in the lease deed, whether or not that rent exceeds the standard rent fixed by court
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   A. Pays or is ready and willing to pay the standard rent and permitted increases and observes the other conditions of tenancy

   Section 15(1) protects the tenant so long as he pays, or is ready and willing to pay, the standard rent and permitted increases and observes and performs the other conditions of the tenancy so far as they are consistent with the Act.

5. Question 5 · Maharashtra Local Laws Practice Set 1

   Under Section 16(3) of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999, a landlord is not entitled to recover possession on the ground of bona fide requirement under Section 16(1)(g) where the premises are:

   1. A. Let to a public charitable trust in any area of the State and used by it as a hostel for students or a home for widows and orphans
   2. B. Let to the Central Government in a cantonment area and used for residence by members of the armed forces or their families
   3. C. Let to a co-operative housing society in a municipal area and used by its members for their own residence
   4. D. Let to the State Government anywhere in the State and used as office accommodation by any Department of that Government
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   B. Let to the Central Government in a cantonment area and used for residence by members of the armed forces or their families

   Section 16(3) bars recovery under clause (g) if the premises are let to the Central Government in a cantonment area and are being used for residence by members of the armed forces of the Union or their families.