https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189486 A civil suit for possession filed during a statutory rent-control exemption period remained maintainable after the exemption expired. The Supreme Court held that, where the suit was validly instituted while the building was outside the Act, the parties' rights crystallised on the date of filing and the civil court's jurisdiction was not withdrawn by later expiry of the ten-year exemption. In the absence of any express provision barring execution, a decree passed in such proceedings was not rendered a nullity and could be executed notwithstanding the intervening expiry. The Court rejected the tenant's attempt to defeat the claim by delay and followed the consistent later line of authority. en-us Thu, 12 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 18:54:01 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189486 A civil suit for possession filed during a statutory rent-control exemption period remained maintainable after the exemption expired. The Supreme Court held that, where the suit was validly instituted while the building was outside the Act, the parties' rights crystallised on the date of filing and the civil court's jurisdiction was not withdrawn by later expiry of the ten-year exemption. In the absence of any express provision barring execution, a decree passed in such proceedings was not rendered a nullity and could be executed notwithstanding the intervening expiry. The Court rejected the tenant's attempt to defeat the claim by delay and followed the consistent later line of authority. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 12 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189486