Supreme Court of India

Prabhakaran Nair, Etc. v. State of Tamil Nadu and Ors.

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Reported as [1988] 1 S.C.R. 1
Bench Sabyasachi Mukherji J.
Decided 3 September 1987

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons aforesaid the contentions urged in writ petitions fail and are accordingly dismissed.

Judgment, page 26

From the headnote

Landlord-Tenant matter-Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960--Sections 14(1)(b), 16(2) and 30(ii)-Vires of-Challenged. There was 'much ado about nothing' about these Writ Petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution. The petitions sought to challenge the Vires of sections 14(l)(b), 16(2) and, incidentally, sec. 30(ii) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960 on the ground of being arbitrary, discriminatory and unreasonable. The diffe­ rent petitions had different facts, and it was considered appropriate to deal with the facts of the writ petition

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