SHEO NARAIN vs SHER SINGH

The Supreme Court interpreted the proviso to Section 13(2)(i) of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, establishing that a tenant must pay or tender the arrears of rent and interest at the first hearing of the ejectment application to avoid eviction. The Court held that the payment of fair rent fixed after the notice was not valid under the Act, thus confirming the eviction order. The judgment clarified the conditions under which a tenant can be deemed to have made a valid payment to prevent eviction.