Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Ors. v. M/s. Banwari Lal and Sons (p) Ltd.

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Reported as [2004] 3 S.C.R. 1194
Bench V.N. Khare J.
Decided 12 April 2004

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Arbitration-Non-residential premises-Assessment of damages for use and occupation-Property requisitioned under Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Properties Act-After lapse of Act, occupant allowed time by Court to vacate-Assessment of damages referred to arbitrator-Arbitrator treating the occupation as illegal awarding mesne profits-Held, where possession though not wrongful in the beginning assumes a wrongful character when it is unauthorisedly retained, owner is not entitled to claim mesne profits, but only the fair rent-On facts, occupant allowed to use and occupy the property

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