KANAIYALAL CHANDULAL MONIM vs INDUMATI T. POTDAR AND ANOTHER

The Supreme Court held that under Section 24(1) of the Bombay Rents Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947, a landlord cannot withhold essential supplies from a tenant without just cause. The court found that while the appellant was not directly responsible for the water supply being cut off, he had the power to restore it and his failure to do so constituted withholding under the Act. However, since the tenant had not enjoyed the water supply at any time after the Act came into force, the appellant's conviction was overturned.