Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 151 · Decided 27 July 1977
Miran Devi v. Birbal Dass
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 151 · [1978] 1 S.C.R. 188
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1984/1969
- Decided
- 27 July 1977
- Bench
- N.L. UNTWALIA, S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, s. 4(2) (a), interpretation of -"In similar circu1nstances'', whether gorerns both "same" and "similar accom- 11101a1ion"-Rate of rent prevailing prior to 1st January, 1939, when can form bas1s for fixation of basic of circumstances. In 1962, the respondent Birbal Dass took a shop on rent of Rs. 1151- per month, plus the taxes, from the appe11ant. Five years later, he applied u/s. 4 of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, for the fixation of fair rent of the building. The Rent Controller found
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