Supreme Court of India

Kannan and Anr. v. Tamil Talir Kalvi Kazhagam

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Reported as [1998] 3 S.C.R. 497
Bench K. Venkataswami and A.P. Misra JJ.
Decided 15 May 1998

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, both the judgment and order dated 28th November, 1988 passed by the First Principal District Judge, Pondicherry, the first Appellate Authority, and the revisional orders of the High Court dated 17th September, 1988, are hereby quashed.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Rent Control and Eviction/Pondicherry Buildings (Lease And Rent Control) Act, 1969-Ss. 9 (3), (4), & (5)-Two persons claiming rent- Doubts as to whom rent is to be tendered-Rent tendered to the authority c as directed by the Rent Control/er-Contesting owners claiming that rent not having been paid, to them, there was a default-Held : Where there is genuine doubt as to whom the rent is to be paid, due to a dispute between alleged landlords which has not been settled by a competent court, there is no default if rent is tendered to the concerned authority under the directions of the Rent

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