https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172430 Chapter VIII of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 creates a special, self-contained procedure for summary eviction proceedings, and the Competent Authority's powers remain confined to the limited statutory purposes for which it is constituted. A tenant or licensee must file the affidavit seeking leave to defend within thirty days of service, and non-compliance triggers the statutory consequence that the landlord's allegations are deemed admitted. In that scheme, the authority cannot invoke inherent powers or Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 to condone delay unless the Act expressly allows it. The belated application for leave to defend was therefore not maintainable, and the challenge to the refusal failed. en-us Tue, 23 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 22:33:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172430 Chapter VIII of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 creates a special, self-contained procedure for summary eviction proceedings, and the Competent Authority's powers remain confined to the limited statutory purposes for which it is constituted. A tenant or licensee must file the affidavit seeking leave to defend within thirty days of service, and non-compliance triggers the statutory consequence that the landlord's allegations are deemed admitted. In that scheme, the authority cannot invoke inherent powers or Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 to condone delay unless the Act expressly allows it. The belated application for leave to defend was therefore not maintainable, and the challenge to the refusal failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 23 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172430