Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 |
Sec. 69 (1) - Determination of constituency for SC-ST - Procedure prescribed is valid and legal . [Viswanath vs State of Kerala. ILR 2001 (1) Ker 42. R.Rajendra Babu (J)]
Sec. 103 (i)(d) - Property Tax - Exemption can be claimed only when the building or portion of the building is occupied and used for public worship or the buildings are exclusively used for charitable purpose .[ Church of South India vs Corporation of Trivandrum 2001 (3) KLT 184. Dated 7th August, 2001. M.R.Hariharan Nair (J)]
Sec. 235(1) - Building used an auditorium of the temple - Do not qualify for exemption from profession tax or property tax - Not charitable purposes. [ Attukal Bhagavathy Temple Trust vs Corporation of Trivandrum . 2001(1) KLT 108 = 2001 (1) KLJ 98 = ILR 2001 (1) Ker 379. K.K.Usha (CJ) & Kurian Joseph (J)]
Sec. 346 - Duty of municipality to maintain Public Street - Building Causing obstruction to the widening of road - Landlady is willing to give property for reasonable compensation - Corporation cannot contend that she should surrender free - Duty to maintain public roads . [Kaloor Joseph vs The District Collector and others. 2001(1) KLT 672 . K.S.Radhakrishnan & G.Sasidharan (J&J)]
Sec. 411 - Proceedings initiated by the Municipality to demolish the building situated in a dilapidated condition - Pendency of proceeding before the Rent Control Court is not a bar for initiated proceedings for demolition .[ Sunder Raj vs. Corporation of Cochin. 2001(1) KLJ 421 = 2001 (1) KLT 536. M.Ramachandran(J)]
Sec. 457 -Right use market for storage area for Ice is inherent - It is open to the Municipality to provide storage space for ice; but that does not mean that other persons cannot bring ice blocks for sale in a limited quantity and in such a way that it does not require any special storage space. [Aluva Municipality vs Benni .CRP.No. 2160 of 2000. Dated 23rd February, 2001. M.R.Hariharan Nair (J)]