Supreme Court of India

Tmt. Kasthuri Radhakrishnan & Ors. v. M. Chinniyan & Anr.

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Reported as [2016] 1 S.C.R. 18
Bench J. Chelameswar and Abhay Manohar Sapre JJ.
Decided 28 January 2016

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, we are of the considered opinion that the High Court was not right in holding that the tenancy in relation to suit premises was with Dhanapal.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Rent Control and Eviction: Revision - Revisional jurisdiction - Exercise of, by the High Court in rent matters - Held: High Court is entitled to satisfy itself as to the correctness or legality or propriety of any decision or order impugned before it, however, to satisfy itself, the High Court shall not exercise its power as an appellate power to re-appreciate or reassess the evidence for coming to a different finding on facts - Revisional power is not and cannot be equated with the power of re-consideration of all questions of fact as a court of first appeal - On facts, in revision petition,

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