Supreme Court of India

Nasiruddin and Ors. v. Sita Ram Agarwal

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Reported as [2003] 1 S.C.R. 634

Bench V.N. Khare, S.B. Sinha and Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan JJ.

Decided 28 January 2003

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What the Court ordered

We hold that Section 5 to the Limitation Act does apply to the appeals filed against the order of the learned Single Judge for the enforcement by way of a contempt.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Rent Control and Eviction: Rajasthan Premises (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act, 1950-Section 13(4)-Default in deposit of rent-Applicability of Section 5 of Limitation Act-Held: Not applicable since the Rent Act did not confer power on the court to extend the period for depositing the rent or to condone the default Court can condone the default only when statute confers the power and not otherwise-Further since the deposit of rent does not require any application, provisions of Section 5 of Limitation Act cannot be extended where the default takes place in complying with an order under

Authorities it was built on

2002 Bhavnagar University v. Palitana Sugar Mill Pvt, Ltd. and Ors. cited by 69
1969 Nathulal v. Phoolchand cited by 22
1995 Mukri Gopalan v. Cheppilat Puthanpurayil Aboobacker cited by 17
2002 Sri Shibu Chandra Dhar v. Sri Pasupati Nath Auddya cited by 4
1998 In Re: Bhayani River - Sakthi Sugars Ltd. v. -- cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2025 Seventh Day Adventist Senior Secondary School v. Ismat Ahmed and Others relied on
2020 Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Hilli Multipurpose Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd. relied on
2019 Bijay Kumar Singh & Others v. Amit Kumar Chamariya & Anr. relied on
2015 Kirshna Texport & Capital Markets Ltd. v. Ilaa. Agrawal & Ors relied on
2014 Commissioner of Income Tax - Ill v. M/s.calcutta Knitwears, Ludhiana relied on
2023 Debasish Paul & Anr. v. Amal Boral referred to
2022 Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited v. A. Balakrishnan & Anr. referred to
2020 C. Bright v. The District Collector & Ors. referred to
2020 The Pharmacy Council of India v. Dr. S.K. Toshniwal Educational Trusts Vidarbha Institute of Pharmacy and Ors. Etc. referred to
2019 The Authorised Officer, Indian Bank v. D. Visalakshi and Anr. referred to
2014 M/s. Nova Ads v. Metropolitan Transport Corporation and Ors. referred to
2014 M/s. Hyder Consulting (uk) Ltd. v. Governor, State of Orissa through Chief Engineer referred to
2014 State of M.P. & Anr. v. Anshuman Shukla not applicable

Of those, 5 relied on · 7 referred to · 1 not applicable

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