https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168199 Under the Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act notification exemption, the time condition attached to the filing of an ejectment suit, not the passing of the decree. The Supreme Court read the exemption in light of its object: landlords of newly constructed buildings were meant to retain ordinary eviction rights during the exemption period, and requiring both suit and decree within five years would defeat that purpose. Accordingly, a suit instituted within the five-year exemption period remained within the notification even if the decree was passed later, and the decree was executable. en-us Tue, 21 Mar 1972 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:40:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168199 Under the Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act notification exemption, the time condition attached to the filing of an ejectment suit, not the passing of the decree. The Supreme Court read the exemption in light of its object: landlords of newly constructed buildings were meant to retain ordinary eviction rights during the exemption period, and requiring both suit and decree within five years would defeat that purpose. Accordingly, a suit instituted within the five-year exemption period remained within the notification even if the decree was passed later, and the decree was executable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 21 Mar 1972 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168199