Supreme Court · 1990 INSC 29 · Decided 8 February 1990
SMT. Pushpa Devi & ORS. v. Milkhi Ram
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1990 INSC 29 · [1990] 1 S.C.R. 278
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 263/1983
- Decided
- 8 February 1990
- Bench
- K. JAGANNATHA SHETTY, N.M. KASLIWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Transfer of Property Act
Headnote
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949: Section 2(h)(i) 'Tenant'-Meaning and scope of-Whether includes a person claiming to be a tenant. C Section 13(2)(i)-Proviso-Tendering of rent arrears-Benefit available to a person claiming to be a tenant-Existence of admitted jural relationship of )' lion of a word-Governs that word used in the Statute unless the context D requires otherwise-'The context'-'lnternal context'-'External context'-What is. The respondent-landlord filed an eviction petition agaiitst the appellants under section 13 of the East Punjab Urban Rent
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