Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960

The appellants, the wife and sons of the deceased landlord, sought eviction of the tenant M. Chinnian on grounds of willful rent default and bona‑fide need of the premises. The High Court, on revision, set aside the earlier findings of the Rent Controller and the first appellate court, holding that the eviction petitio…

The Supreme Court examined the scope of the High Court's revisional jurisdiction under the Haryana Urban (Control of Rent & Eviction) Act, 1973, the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965 and the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960. The issue was whether the High Court could re‑apprecia…

The tenants (appellants) occupied three non‑residential premises in Chennai. For the first premises, the Rent Controller had fixed the fair rent using a market value of the land of Rs 25 lakhs per ground, and appeals against that order were pending. For the second and third premises, the appellate authority fixed highe…

The appellants, operating as M/s Alagu Pharmacy, claimed tenancy of a premises based on a lease dated 22‑02‑2012, which the respondent landlord alleged was forged and lodged a police complaint. A compromise was entered on 29‑01‑2014, before the landlord filed an eviction petition under the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease a…

The appellant, Speedline Agencies, occupied a building and land leased from United Coffee Supply Co. Ltd., later renamed Stanes Tea and Coffee Ltd., for over four decades. The landlord filed a petition under sections 10(3)(a)(i) and (iii) of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960 seeking eviction f…

M/s. Krishna Mills Pvt. Ltd., the landlord, leased a property to K. Subramaniam who paid only a fraction of the agreed rent, leading the Rent Controller to fix a higher fair rent. The lessee contested the fair rent but did not obtain a stay of the order, and continued to pay only a portion of the amount, resulting in a…

A. Mahalakshmi, holding a power of attorney for the owner of a commercial premises, leased the property to Bala Venkatram under a 2007 rental agreement. The landlord later discovered that the premises were being operated under a different name by Shahu Hameed, who held the sales‑tax certificate, licence and bank accoun…