Supreme Court of India · 2002-07-09
Rashida Begum vs General Sales Ltd
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2002 SUPREME COURT 2594
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Rashida Begum
- Respondent
- General Sales Ltd
- Author
- D.P.Mohapatra
- Bench
- D.P.Mohapatra, Shivaraj V. Patil
Judgment text excerpt
The case concerns an eviction petition filed by a landlord against a tenant regarding premises in New Delhi. The primary legal issue pertains to the maintainability of the eviction petition under the applicable rent control laws, specifically whether the premises fell within the jurisdiction of the Rent Control Tribunal. The Supreme Court examined the nature of the lease agreement and the status of the allotment by the Union of India to determine if the statutory protections of the rent laws applied.