JAI SINGH JAIRAM TYAGI ETC. vs MAMANCHAND RATILAL AGARWAL AND ORS.

The Supreme Court addressed the implications of the Cantonments (Extension of Rent Control Laws) Act, 1957, as amended by Act 22 of 1972, on a compromise decree from 1967. The Court held that the amendment validated certain pre-existing decrees, thus overruling the previous decision in Indu Bhushan Bose v. Rama Sundari Devi regarding legislative competence. The Court concluded that the decree was not a nullity and that the objections raised by the tenant did not bar execution, affirming the landlords' right to enforce the decree.