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Chhattisgarh HC: Accommodation U/S 2 of Chhattisgarh Rent Control Act Includes Superstructures(23.12.2022)
Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a superstructure is included in the definition of 'accommodation' given under Section 2(1) of the Chhattisgarh R.....
Tags : Chhattisgarh High Court, Accommodation, Rent Control Act, Superstructures
HP High Court Strikes Down Provision of Rent Act(04.08.2016)
HP High Court has struck down first proviso of clause (c) of sub-section (3) of Section 14 of the of HP Urban Rent Control Amended Act, observing it a.....
Tags : HP High Court, HP Urban Rent Control Amended Act
SC: Unless Contract Allows, Subletting is Impermissible Under Bombay Rent Control Act(24.03.2023)
Supreme Court has held that unless contract itself permits sub-letting, it shall not be lawful, after coming into operation of Bombay Rents, Hotel and.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Sub-letting, Tenant, Bombay Rent Control Act
Del. HC: Litigation Related to Tenancy Unfortunately Takes More Than a Decade to Fructify(30.04.2024)
Del. HC while setting aside order of rent controller regarding eviction petitions, has observed that it is unfortunate that tenancy litigation takes m.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Tenancy, Rent Control Legislations
Rajasthan HC: Purpose of Rent Control Act is Not to Take Away Bona Fide Properties of Landlords(30.05.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has held that the purpose of the Rajasthan Rent Control Act is to save tenants from harassment by landlords and the same shouldn’.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Rent Control, Landlords
Bombay HC: Tenant Occupying Premises Before Enactment of Public Premises Act to be Ruled by State Act(26.07.2017)
Bombay High Court has observed that such persons who are in occupation prior to premises belonging to or taken on lease by government companies and co.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, State Rent Control Act
Bombay HC: Tenant Occupying Premises Before Enactment of Public Premises Act to be Ruled by State Act(26.07.2017)
Bombay High Court has observed that such persons who are in occupation prior to premises belonging to or taken on lease by government companies and co.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, State Rent Control Act
Delhi HC: Landlord’s Rent Control Act Rights Cannot be Waived by Contract With Tenant(18.11.2025)
Delhi High Court held that a landlord’s rights under the Delhi Rent Control Act cannot be waived through a private contract with a tenant, the court n.....
Tags : Landlord, Rent Control Act, Contract
Delhi HC: Landlord’s Dealings in Other Properties Don’t Affect Right to Evict for Bonafide Need(09.10.2025)
Delhi High Court held that a landlord’s sale, purchase, or lease of other properties does not prevent them from seeking eviction of a tenant under Sec.....
Tags : Landlord, Eviction, Rent Control Act
Delhi HC: Landlord Not Required to Reveal Business Details for Eviction(10.10.2025)
Delhi High Court held that in today’s dynamic economy, a landlord seeking eviction under Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 for bona.....
Tags : Landlord, Business Details, Eviction, Delhi Rent Control Act
Kerala HC: Power under Section 25 of Rent Act Is Not Appellate Power(04.10.2021)
Kerala High Court has observed that the power exercisable by High Court under Section 25 of Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act (Rent Act) i.....
Tags : Kerala HC, Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act
Revisional Power U/S 25B(8) of Delhi Rent Control Act is Supervisory; HC Cannot Revisit Facts(08.01.2026)
Delhi High Court reiterated that its revisional jurisdiction under Section 25B(8) of the Delhi Rent Control Act is purely supervisory and does not all.....
Tags : Revisional Power, Delhi Rent Control Act, Supervisory
Judgments
Mixed residential, commercial use envisaged in Delhi rent control(11.07.2016)
Section 2(l)(iii) of the Delhi Rent Control Act 1958 is applicable in a case where tenancy premises are residential-cum-professional, or vice versa, a.....
Tags : rent control, inherited rights, residential, commercial use
Mixed residential, commercial use envisaged in Delhi rent control(11.07.2016)
Section 2(l)(iii) of the Delhi Rent Control Act 1958 is applicable in a case where tenancy premises are residential-cum-professional, or vice versa, a.....
Tags : rent control, inherited rights, residential, commercial use
Court would intervene only where the view taken and reasoning advanced by the Rent Controller suffers the vice of perversity(29.04.2024)
By way of present petition brought under proviso to Section 25B(8) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, the landlords have assailed order of the learned Ren.....
Tags : Tenancy, Rent Controller, Delhi Rent Control Act, Section 25B(8)
SC Rules Government Grants Act Overrides Rent Law, Sets Aside Eviction Proceeding Against Union Govt(23.04.2026)
Supreme Court held that premises held under the Government Grants Act, 1895 are governed solely by the grant’s terms, not rent control laws, and set a.....
Tags : Government Grants Act; Delhi Rent Control Act; Eviction Proceeding
Tenants can be Evicted Only by Following Procedure in Rent Control Laws: SC(17.04.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that a statutory tenant can be evicted only by following procedure laid down in applicable rent control laws and not by fil.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Rent Control Laws
Landlord flummoxed by distinction between compromise and consent order(02.06.2016)
A compromise reached between parties, leading to petition dismissed as withdrawn, cannot be enforced by the court under the aegis of a contempt petiti.....
Tags : rent control, compromise, consent order, undertaking