Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 495 · Decided 16 April 2008
Satyawati Sharma (Dead) BY LRS. v. Union of India and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 495 · [2008] 6 S.C.R. 566
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1897/2003
- Decided
- 16 April 2008
- Bench
- B.N. AGRAWAL, G.S. SINGHVI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14; Rent Control Act Section 14(1)(e), 22(r)
Headnote
Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958: s.14(1)(e) - Constitutionality of - Held: s.14(1)(e) is c violative of doctrine of equality embodied in Article 14 of Constitution insofar as it discriminates between premises let for residential and non-residential purposes when same are required bona fide by or for any member of his family dependent on him, and restricting D latter's right to seek eviction of tenant from premises let for residential purposes only- Discriminatory portion of s. 14(1 )(e) struck down - While adopting this course, well recognized rule kept in view that offending
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