Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 151 · Decided 16 August 1979
S. B. Noronah v. Prem Kumar! Khanna
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 151 · [1980] 1 S.C.R. 281
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 290/1979
- Decided
- 16 August 1979
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, P.N. SHINGAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Rent Control Act Section 21
Headnote
Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, Section 21 scope of-Duty oj the Court in dealing witli applications 1111der Section 21, expfai11ed. Dismissing the appeal by special leave, the Court HELD: Section 21 of the: Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 carves out a category for special treatment. While no landlord and 20 of the Act, a. liberal eviction policy cannot be said to under-lie in section 21. Parliament was presumably keen on maximising accommodation available for letting, realising the scarcity crisis. One source of such spare accommodation which is usually shy is potentially vacant building or
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