https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193677 Under the Delhi Rent Control Act, a tenant who cannot have rent accepted by the landlord must follow the statutory deposit procedure in Section 27 to preserve rent-control protection. The scheme treats non-payment after notice as a ground for eviction, and repeated default after earlier protection under Section 14(2) can remove that protection. The Court read the Section 27 deposit requirement as mandatory in this context, so failure to deposit rent with the Rent Controller after refusal by the landlord amounted to non-compliance and a second default, making the tenant liable to eviction. en-us Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 13:44:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193677 Under the Delhi Rent Control Act, a tenant who cannot have rent accepted by the landlord must follow the statutory deposit procedure in Section 27 to preserve rent-control protection. The scheme treats non-payment after notice as a ground for eviction, and repeated default after earlier protection under Section 14(2) can remove that protection. The Court read the Section 27 deposit requirement as mandatory in this context, so failure to deposit rent with the Rent Controller after refusal by the landlord amounted to non-compliance and a second default, making the tenant liable to eviction. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193677