Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 831 · Decided 19 December 1997
Malpe V!shwanath Acharya and ORS. v. State of Maharashtra and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 831 · [1997] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 717
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2797/1992
- Decided
- 19 December 1997
- Bench
- J.S. VERMA, B.N. KIRPAL, M. SRINIVASAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 19, 21; Rent Control Act
Headnote
Rellt Colltrol-Bombay Rellts, Hotel and Lodgillg House Rates Control Act, 1947-Sectiolls S(JO)(B), 11(1), 12(3)-Stalldard Rellt-Fixatioll of-Restrictioll oil the right of the /a11d/ords to increase rent by freezi11g rent as Oil 1st September 1940 or at the time of the first letti11g-Validity for repair and other outgoi11gs a11d the decreasi11g 11et amount of rent remainillg with the la11dlord, with the passage of time, is leading to arbitrary results-However it is llOt 11ecessary to stlike dow11 the said provisiolls as the existi11g Act elapses oil 31st March 1998. Social
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