East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 (III of 1949) Section 13-B – Punjab Rent Act, 1995 (13 of 2012) – A plain reading of the 1949 Act and the new Rent Act reflects that the only difference is that under the old Act the NRI need not claim and prove that he has returned to India but under the new Rent Act he must establish that his permanent residence is in India and has returned back to the country permanently and which holds out that requirement of the new Rent Act needs to be fulfilled and for which this plea of amendment has come about – Claim that he has permanently left US and settled in India is a question based on evidence and can be put to test only during the course of trial and which precisely is a reason why the Court below – Application for allowed – Order upheld – Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (V of 1908) Order 6 Rule 17.
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