BABULAL BHURAMAL AND ANOTHER vs NANDRAM SHIVRAM AND OTHERS

The Supreme Court held that the Bombay City Civil Court lacked jurisdiction to entertain a suit regarding tenant status under the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947, specifically citing Section 28, which restricts jurisdiction to specified courts for landlord-tenant disputes arising from the Act. The Court affirmed the Bombay High Court's decision that the City Civil Court could not hear the case as the claim arose under the Act, and thus must be adjudicated by a court specified in Section 28. The Court clarified that while Section 29A allows civil courts to consider questions of title, it does not apply to titles arising under the Act.