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  1. Question 1, Meghalaya Local Laws Practice Set 1

    The standard rent of a house was fixed at Rs. 10,000 per month when T took it, and T has occupied it continuously for seven years without any revision. The market price of the land and the estimated cost of construction have since risen by 80 per cent, and one-twelfth of seven and a half per cent of that increase works out to Rs. 6,500. Under Section 3(2) of the Meghalaya Urban Areas Rent Control Act, 1972, the landlord may have the monthly rent increased by at most:

    1. A. Rs. 5,000
    2. B. Rs. 2,500
    3. C. Rs. 10,000
    4. D. Rs. 6,500
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    A. Rs. 5,000

    Section 3(2) allows an increase not exceeding one-twelfth of seven and a half per cent of the increase in land price and construction cost, subject to a maximum of fifty per cent of the preceding standard rent. Fifty per cent of Rs. 10,000 is Rs. 5,000, which caps the Rs. 6,500 figure.

  2. Question 2, Meghalaya Local Laws Practice Set 1

    A, the owner of a house in Shillong, lets it to B. With A's written permission, B sub-lets one room to C and collects rent from C. Under the Meghalaya Urban Areas Rent Control Act, 1972, who is the "landlord" in relation to C?

    1. A. Neither A nor B, because a sub-tenancy falls outside the scope of the Act
    2. B. Only A, because the status of landlord belongs solely to the owner of the house
    3. C. A and B jointly, because rent ultimately flows from the room to the owner
    4. D. B, because a tenant who has sub-let is a landlord in respect of his sub-tenant
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    D. B, because a tenant who has sub-let is a landlord in respect of his sub-tenant

    Section 2(iii) includes in "landlord", in respect of his sub-tenant, a tenant who has sub-let any house. B is therefore the landlord vis-a-vis C, while remaining A's tenant.

  3. Question 3, Meghalaya Local Laws Practice Set 1

    A landlord sues for eviction of his tenant under clause (c) of the proviso to Section 5(1) of the Meghalaya Urban Areas Rent Control Act, 1972, pleading that he bona fide requires the house for his own residence. The tenant argues that the landlord could comfortably live in another house he owns. Applying Prativa Devi (Smt) v. T.V. Krishnan (1996), the correct approach is that:

    1. A. The claim can succeed only if the landlord has no other residence anywhere in the country
    2. B. The claim must fail whenever the landlord owns any other house in the same town
    3. C. The landlord is the best judge of his own need, which neither tenant nor Court may dictate
    4. D. The tenant may choose which of the landlord's several houses the landlord should occupy
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    C. The landlord is the best judge of his own need, which neither tenant nor Court may dictate

    In Prativa Devi (Smt) v. T.V. Krishnan (1996) the Supreme Court held that the landlord is the best judge of his residential requirement and has complete freedom in the matter; it is not for the tenant or the Court to dictate how he should live. A genuine need under Section 5(1)(c) is not defeated merely because he owns another house.

  4. Question 4, Meghalaya Local Laws Practice Set 1

    Under Section 2(v) of the Meghalaya Urban Areas Rent Control Act, 1972, the annual payment on which standard rent is calculated is an amount equal to what percentage of the aggregate of the estimated cost of construction and the market price of the land?

    1. A. Seven and a half per cent
    2. B. Eight and a half per cent
    3. C. Six per cent
    4. D. Ten per cent
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    A. Seven and a half per cent

    Section 2(v) takes an annual payment equal to seven and a half per cent of the aggregate of the estimated cost of construction and the market price of the land, together with the municipal taxes and urban immovable property tax payable, and the monthly rent is one-twelfth of that annual payment.

  5. Question 5, Meghalaya Local Laws Practice Set 1

    Under the proviso to Section 2(v) of the Meghalaya Urban Areas Rent Control Act, 1972, in fixing the standard rent of the first floor or any floor above it in a multi-storeyed building, the value of the land:

    1. A. Is to be taken at one-half of its market price for every floor above the ground floor
    2. B. Is to be taken into consideration as it is in the case of the ground floor or other building
    3. C. Is to be excluded, as it is already reflected in the standard rent of the ground floor
    4. D. Is to be counted only if the landlord proves that the upper floor has a separate title
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    B. Is to be taken into consideration as it is in the case of the ground floor or other building

    The proviso to Section 2(v) states that in fixing the standard rent of the first floor or any floor above in a multi-storeyed building, the value of the land is to be taken into consideration as it is done in the case of the ground floor or other type of building.