https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=271112 The SARFAESI Act does not displace a State rent control statute protecting tenants in lawful possession, because the two laws operate in distinct fields and the non obstante clause cannot be used to defeat statutory tenant safeguards. A secured creditor cannot evict a protected tenant merely by invoking SARFAESI where eviction must still follow rent law and due process. A tenancy also cannot be rejected solely because the lease deed is unregistered if possession and other evidence support the landlord-tenant relationship. The tenant's protection continues, and the secured creditor must respect the applicable rent control regime. en-us Wed, 20 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 16:50:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=271112 The SARFAESI Act does not displace a State rent control statute protecting tenants in lawful possession, because the two laws operate in distinct fields and the non obstante clause cannot be used to defeat statutory tenant safeguards. A secured creditor cannot evict a protected tenant merely by invoking SARFAESI where eviction must still follow rent law and due process. A tenancy also cannot be rejected solely because the lease deed is unregistered if possession and other evidence support the landlord-tenant relationship. The tenant's protection continues, and the secured creditor must respect the applicable rent control regime. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 20 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=271112