Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 584 · Decided 30 July 1997
N.S.M. Ahmed Jamalia Beevi v. D.N. Shah
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 584 · [1997] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 172
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5185/1997
- Decided
- 30 July 1997
- Bench
- SUJATA V. MANOHAR, D.P. WADHWA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Transfer of Property Act; Rent Control Act
Headnote
The Tamil Nadu· Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960. Section 10(2)(i), Sections 11(1) and (4) and S. 25-Tenant-Non-pay- C ment of rent-Eviction Proceedings can be contested or appeal prefeTTed only on payment/deposit of a/Tears of Rent-Failure to do so-Order of disposses­ sion for eviction-Sympathetic con­ siderations for the default cannot be accepted-Equitable considerations have no place in the face of express provision of law. D Section 2(6)-''Landlord''-lncludes tenant who sub-lets. The appellant let out her premises with permission to sublet the same. Since
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