MOHINDER LAL vs SAROJ KUMARI VERMA

The Supreme Court addressed the applicability of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, to a tenancy dispute regarding a shop-cum-office in Chandigarh. The Court held that the exemption period of five years should be computed from the date of sewerage connection (24-2-1973) rather than the date of electric connection (3-1-1973). Consequently, since the suit was filed within the exemption period, it was maintainable, and the judgments of the lower courts were upheld, allowing the appeal of the respondent.