Corporation Of Calcutta And Another vs Liberty Cinema on 14 December, 1964
for the fixation of a reasonable rent under s. 12 by the
Mamlatdar the necessary factors had all been specified and
on a construction of the Act the learned Judges of the
majority reached a conclusion that the exercise of powers
under s. 6(2) had to be effected on the same basis and with
reference to the same factors which were specified in s.
12(3) of the Act. It is precisely on this question of the
construction of the Act and the correlation between the
power to fix the rent conferred upon the State Government by
s. 6(2) and the power of fixation of fair rent, conferred on
the Mamlatdar by s. 12 that there was the difference of
opinion between the learned Judges. It would, therefore, be
seen that far from Vasantlal's case being an authority for
the position that the fixation of a rate of rent is not an
essential legislative function but a mere matter of detail
which could be left wholly to the executive or subordinate
law making authority the decision clearly lays down that it
is an essential legislative function and it could. not be
delegated without sufficient guidance.