https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168295 Section 18(1) of the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 is penal in nature and applies only to receipt of a fine, premium or like sum in respect of the grant, renewal or continuance of an actual lease. Money received under an executory agreement to grant a lease of premises under construction does not attract the provision because no completed landlord-tenant relationship or demise has yet come into existence. The surrounding definitions and scheme of the Act reinforce that the section is directed to existing leases, not mere future promises to lease. On that footing, the conviction could not stand and acquittal followed. en-us Thu, 13 May 1954 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:21:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168295 Section 18(1) of the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 is penal in nature and applies only to receipt of a fine, premium or like sum in respect of the grant, renewal or continuance of an actual lease. Money received under an executory agreement to grant a lease of premises under construction does not attract the provision because no completed landlord-tenant relationship or demise has yet come into existence. The surrounding definitions and scheme of the Act reinforce that the section is directed to existing leases, not mere future promises to lease. On that footing, the conviction could not stand and acquittal followed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 13 May 1954 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168295