Supreme Court of India

Sunita Rani & Ors. v. Sri Chand & Ors

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Reported as [2009] 14 S.C.R. 295
Bench S.H. Kapadia and Aftab Alam JJ.
Decided 7 August 2009

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above we find the High Court order enhancing the rent of the shop and the kothari from Rs.50/ .. to Rs.500/-pm quite unsustainable.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

UTTAR PRADESH URBAN BUILDINGS (REGULATION OF LETTING, RENT AND EVICTION) ACT, 1972 - Enhancement of rent by High Court after rejecting landlord's petition for eviction of tenants from non-residential premises - Held: Judgment of High Court in so far as it enhanced the monthly rent of the premises in occupation of tenants is clearly unsustainable - There is nothing in the judgments refe"ed to by the High Court to suggest that in the absence of any provision in the Rent Control Act, High Court can assume the authority and the power to enhance manifold the contractual I statutory rent payable by

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