Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 154 · Decided 19 March 2002
State of West Bengal and ORS. v. Vishnunarayan and Associates (P) LTD. and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 154 · [2002] 2 S.C.R. 557
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6899/1999
- Decided
- 19 March 2002
- Bench
- S.S.M. QUADRI, S.N. PHUKAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Rent Control and Eviction: Great Eastern Hotel (Acquisition of Undertaking) Act, 1980-Section 3(1), 3(2), 4(1), 4(2), 4(7), and 4(8), Acquisition of Hotel Premises by the State Government-Effect of­ . Relationship of Landlords and Tenants-Held, relationship of landlords and tenants between Eviction of occupants/tenants-Use of force-Whether permissible-Held, State Government cannot use force to remove occupants/tenants from the premises-Such action is destructive of the basic principle of rule of law-­ Great Eastern Hotel Taking over of Management Act, 197 5. West Bengal
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