Supreme Court of India

Sri Shibu Chandra Dhar v. Sri Pasupati Nath Auddya

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Reported as [2002] 2 S.C.R. 249
Bench G.B. Pattanaik, S.N. Variava and K.G. Balakrishnan JJ.
Decided 6 March 2002

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West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1956: Section 13, Section 17 (2A) and (2B) and 17A to J7D (As inserted by Amendment Act 30 of 1969)-Interpretation of Tenancy Laws-Rent-Deposit not made within time-Application not made for extention of time within the prescribed period-Power and discretion c of Court to extend time-Held, intention of Legislature was to give benefit to tenant-Court has power to extend time-Held, the word 'shall' used in Section I 7 (2B) means 'may '-Held, Act is a beneficial legislation-Should be construed liberally so tha~ purpose is fulfilled. Tenants-One of the tenants

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Of those, 1 referred to · 3 mentioned

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