N.S Viswanatha Shetty vs K.R. Shivaswamy & Ors

The Supreme Court held that the eviction proceedings under the Karnataka Rent Control Act, 1961 abated due to the enactment of the Karnataka Rent Act, 1999, as per Clause (c) of Section 70(2). However, the Court clarified that the High Court's assumption regarding the applicability of the new Act to town municipal areas was incorrect. The Court remanded the case back to the High Court for consideration of the merits of the revision petitions filed under Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which were not affected by the repeal of the old Act.