Supreme Court of India

Natraj Studios (p) Ltd. v. Navrang Studios & Anr.

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Reported as [1981] 2 S.C.R. 466

Bench R.S. Pathak J.

Decided 7 January 1981

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What the Court ordered

We hold that both by reason of S.28 of the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 and by reason of the broader considerations of public policy mentioned by us earlier and also in Deccan Merchants Cooperative Bank Ltd. v.

Judgment, page 17

Authorities it was built on

1958 Babulal Bhuramal and Another v. Nandram Shivram and Others cited by 10
1963 Vasudev Gopalkrishna Tamwekar v. The Board of Liquidators Happy Home Co-operative Housing Society cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2020 Vidya Drolia and Others v. Durga Trading Corporation relied on
2018 Canara Bank v. N. G. Subbaraya Setty & Anr. relied on
2017 Himangni Enterprises v. Kamaljeet Singh Ahluwalia relied on
2014 Ranjit Kumar Bose & Anr. v. Anannya Chowdhury & Anr relied on
2013 Dr. Jagmittar Sain Bhagat v. Dir. Health Services, Haryana & Ors. relied on
2026 Motilal Oswal Financial Service Limited v. Santosh Cordeiro referred to
2020 Suresh Shah v. Hipad Technology India Private Limited referred to
2026 M/s Eminent Colonizers Private Limited v. Rajasthan Housing Board mentioned
2025 Odisha State Financial Corporation v. Vigyan Chemical Industries and Others mentioned
2019 Vidya Drolia & Ors. v. Durga Trading Corporation mentioned
2016 A. Ayyasamy v. A. Paramasivam & Ors. mentioned
2016 Anita International v. Tungabadra Sugar Works Mazdoor Sangh - and Others mentioned
2011 Kanwar Singh Saini v. High Court of Delhi mentioned
2009 G.V. Sreerama Reddy and Anr. v. Returning Officer and Ors. mentioned
2005 Spun Casting and Engg. Co. Pvt. Ltd. v. Dwijendra Lal Sinha (dead) through Lrs. and Ors. mentioned
1995 Mansukhlal Dhanraj Jain and Ors. Etc. v. Eknath Vithal Ogale Etc. mentioned
1989 Collector of Central Excise, Chandigarh v. Decent Dyeing Co. mentioned

Of those, 5 relied on · 2 referred to · 10 mentioned

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