Supreme Court of India

Subodh Kumar v. Shamim Ahmed

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Reported as [2021] 1 S.C.R. 1111
Bench Ashok Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy JJ.
Decided 3 March 2021

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussions, we are unable to sustain the judgment of the High Court dated 13.12.2018.

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887 – s.17 – U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 – s. 30(2) – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or. 9, R.13 – In the year 1994 a suit was filed by the appellant-landlord for possess ion, rent and mesne profits – Tenant failed to file written statement – The Court passed an order to proceed ex-parte – Thereafter, the tenant filed many applications, which included application u/s. 30(2) of the 1972 Act and deposited rent on various occasions from the year 1997 to 1998 – Ex-parte judgment was passed and case of the landlord

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