Supreme Court · 1986 INSC 23 · Decided 26 February 1986
Girdhari Lal & Sons v. Balbir Nath Mathur & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1986 INSC 23 · [1986] 1 S.C.R. 383
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2153/1980
- Decided
- 26 February 1986
- Bench
- O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, V. KHALID (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Rent Control Act Section 17, 18
Headnote
383 GIRDllARI LAL & SONS v. BALBIR NA1'B llA1'llllR & ORS •. FEBRUARY 26, 1986 ro. CHINNAPPA REDDY AND v. KHALID, JJ,] DELHI RENT CONTROL ACT 1958: Sections 17 & 18 - 'Sub-tenant' when entitled to protec­ tion against eviction - Consent of landlord to the sub-tenancy and duty of court - Ascertain intention of legislature - Actual or - imputed - Thereafter interpret statute so as to prom::>te and advance its object and purpose by supplementing the written word if necessary. The respondent-landlord, Balbir Nath Mathur had let out the demised premises to a firm
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