https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175437 High prerogative writ applications require full and fair disclosure of all material jurisdictional facts, and a petition may be defective where it omits the basis for determining standard rent; here, the omission was material but not treated as fraudulent suppression. The Rent Controller's jurisdiction under the Bombay Rents, Hotel Rates and Lodging House Rates (Control) Act, 1944 depended on the statutory rent threshold and on whether the premises had been let as a whole and later in parts; the Controller could decide those jurisdictional facts, and the availability of an appeal did not oust that jurisdiction. An earlier dismissal of a similar application for lack of material did not operate as res judicata, because it was not a merits determination. en-us Thu, 12 Dec 1946 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 21 Nov 2015 10:42:58 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175437 High prerogative writ applications require full and fair disclosure of all material jurisdictional facts, and a petition may be defective where it omits the basis for determining standard rent; here, the omission was material but not treated as fraudulent suppression. The Rent Controller's jurisdiction under the Bombay Rents, Hotel Rates and Lodging House Rates (Control) Act, 1944 depended on the statutory rent threshold and on whether the premises had been let as a whole and later in parts; the Controller could decide those jurisdictional facts, and the availability of an appeal did not oust that jurisdiction. An earlier dismissal of a similar application for lack of material did not operate as res judicata, because it was not a merits determination. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 12 Dec 1946 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175437