Supreme Court of India

Busching Schmitz Private Ltd. v. P. T. Menghani and Anr.

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Reported as [1977] 3 S.C.R. 312
Bench V. R. Krishna Iyer and Jaswant Singh JJ.
Decided 17 March 1977

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What the Court ordered

We hold that Shri Nariman's apprehension is unfounded and s. 14A is largely a rider to s. 14 and the condition indicated in s. 19 must, mutatis mutandis, bind the landlord.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

tcrprctatiou of statute-Legislature can be assunied 1101 to intend obvious literal interpretation resulting into obscurity-Whether statute can be mocked at-Section 4(1)(c), Delhi Rent Control Act 1958- Sec. 14, 14A, 25B-Delhi Rent Control Ordinance 24 of 1975-Delhi Rent Control (Amendment) Act, 1976-/(iglit of Govenunent Offu;er who i's asked to racate Govenunent accom- 111odation to evict his tenant.-Whether can apply to preniises let out for com- 1nercial purpose-What is residential purpose-Triable is.sues-Meaning of. The respondent No. 1 landlord let out his building to the appellant, a

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