Sick company protection under section 22 does not stop landlord eviction suits or related claims for rent and mesne profits.

Section 22 of the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 does not bar a landlord's suit for possession against a tenant company merely because the tenant is sick industrial company. The protection applies to proceedings that would affect the company's working or finances in the relevant sense, not to eviction claims or the landlord's right to recover possession without being compelled to allow continued occupation without payment. A combined claim for possession, arrears of rent, and future mesne profits is also not treated as a suit for recovery of money for section 22 purposes, so a stay was refused.

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Issues: Whether proceedings for possession of tenanted premises and for arrears, mesne profits, and damages were liable to be stayed under section 22 of the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985.

Analysis: Section 22 of the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 suspends certain proceedings against a sick industrial company, but eviction proceedings by a landlord against a tenant company do not fall within the category of proceedings against property for execution or distress. The protection is meant to prevent proceedings affecting the working or finances of the sick company during consideration by the Board, but it does not require a landlord to continue to suffer occupation without payment. The Court also noted that a claim for possession together with arrears of rent and future mesne profits is not, in substance, a suit for recovery of money for the purpose of section 22.

Conclusion: The request to stay the suit under section 22 of the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 was rejected and the application was dismissed.

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