Brief Facts
R.
Narayanan v. The Government of Tamil Nadu and Ors.
1, the
Nagercoil Municipal Corporation (
Municipal
Corporation) had conducted a public tender cum auction
sale of licenses to occupy (
License) shops in a
bus stand. The petitioner herein was one of the successful bidders,
who offered to pay a sum of INR 1,15,000 as a monthly fee for the
License (
License Fee). The Municipal Corporation
issued the License to the petitioner for a tenure of three years
commencing from 1 November 2019. The petitioner paid one-year s
License Fee in advance payment to the Municipal Corporation.
On 24 March 2020, the National Disaster Management Authority
As indicated in a recent article
1, the payment of commercial rents during successive
lockdown periods is an issue that has given rise to numerous
disputes.
In that article, we pointed that arguments based on
force majeure, unforeseeability (a French law concept close to that
of hardship) or non-performance, often used by lessees as a
justification for not paying rent, had been dismissed in the
majority of court decisions handed down on this subject. In this
context, the preferred course of action seemed to be the
renegotiation of the lease agreement and its adaptation to the
circumstances, as per the principle of good faith that governs the
In March, the Southern California Association of Governments
( SCAG )
1 will adopt final Regional
Housing Needs Assessment ( RHNA ) allocations for cities
and counties within the SCAG region. This
6
th RHNA cycle represents the first update to these
targets since the passage of key housing legislation, including
Senate Bill ( SB ) 35
2, which grants
ministerial approval and streamlining of qualifying housing
projects if the jurisdiction has failed to meet its RHNA
targets. Housing developers planning for potential investment
can look to these production targets to assess regional and
city-based needs. Cities and counties also will update their
Housing Element and other planning documents to address the
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On 1 February 2021, the Commissioner of State Revenue released
ruling CL-001 in respect of parking spaces for multiple motor
vehicles.
Congestion Levy
The State Revenue Office (of Victoria) imposes a levy on certain
public and private carparks within delineated areas, namely, the
Melbourne CBD, inner north and south of the CBD (see congestion levy
map for further details).
For public car parks, the owner and operator of the public
carpark are liable for payment of the levy. For private car parks,
the owner of the carpark is liable for payment of the levy.