Dismissed
Rakesh Rishi v. Union of India and Others
Punjab & Haryana HCCWP/23147/2016
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The High Court dismissed the petitioner's writ petition challenging the constitutionality of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction (Amendment) Act, 2001 and a Central Government notification extending its applicability to Chandigarh, relying on a prior judgment that upheld their validity.
What did the court decide?
Writ of certiorari sought for quashing the notification was dismissed; declaration seeking as unconstitutional was dismissed based on prior precedent.