Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 506 · Decided 3 December 2002
Feroze N. Dotivala v. P.M. Wadhwani and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 506 · [2002] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 416
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4659/1997
- Decided
- 3 December 2002
- Bench
- R.C. LAHOTI, BRIJESH KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Rent Control and Eviction: Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947; C Sections 54(A), 6(A), 8 and I 5(A)-'-lmporting of meaning and attribute of the term 'lodger' from English law to ascertain meaning of 'paying guest' already defined under the Act-Correctness of-Held, it is and there is no ambiguity in the definition so defined under the Act-Interpretation of D Statutes. Licensee and Paying guest-Distinction between-Discussed Words & Phrases: E 'Paying guest'-Meaning in the context of Bombay Rent, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act. Appellant was residing
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