Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 160 · Decided 3 April 2012
Kesri Commissariat & Others v. Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies, GOVT. of Maharashtra, Mumbai & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 160 · [2012] 3 S.C.R. 1010
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3356/2012
- Decided
- 3 April 2012
- Bench
- DALVEER BHANDARI, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Rent Control Act Section 3(1)(b); Maharashtra Rent Control Act Section 3(1)(b)
Headnote
Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control C Act, 1947: D s.4(1) - Exemption - Held: The provision applies to premises and not to parties or their relationship. Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999: s.3(1)(b) - Exemption - Premises belonging to New India Assurance Company in 1954 - Tenant subletting the premises to State Government in 1959 - Suit for recovery of possession - Tenant and sub-tenant claiming E exemption - Held: Clause (b) of sub-s.(1) of s.3 makes it clear that the Act does not apply to any premises let or sub-let to a
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