Supreme Court of India

National Sample Survey Organisation & Anr v. Champa Properties Ltd. & Anr.

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Reported as [2009] 10 S.C.R. 429
Bench R.V. Raveendran and J.M. Panchal JJ.
Decided 7 July 2009

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the elaborate decision in Rabindra Nath Nandi missed the core issue and ignored the relevant law governing landlords and tenants.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

RENT AND EVICTION: WEST BENGAL PREMISES TENANCY ACT, 1956: Lease agreements providing for settlement of disputes by arbitration - Instead Writ Petition filed - Maintainability of Writ Petition - Held: Maintainable since the arbitration clauses " did not cover or govern the issues raised in the Writ Petition - Recommendations of the Hiring Committee - Neither binding on the Hiring Department nor on the lessors - Orders of Single Judge and Division Bench set aside - Respondent to refund the amounts in excess of agreed rent to the appellant within 3 months. Appellant was a tenant under

Where later benches applied it

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