https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199066 Section 10 CPC does not apply to rent control proceedings because such proceedings are not suits, and the Rent Controller cannot stay them on that basis. Even under inherent powers under Section 151 CPC, a stay was unwarranted where the pending specific performance suit and the eviction proceeding involved materially different questions: the suit concerned the genuineness of the sale agreement and bona fide purchaser status, while the rent control case concerned wilful default, bona fide requirement, and only the bona fides of the tenants' denial of title. The summary nature of rent control jurisdiction and the statutory mechanism for title disputes left no basis to keep the eviction case in abeyance merely because a civil suit was pending. en-us Fri, 29 Oct 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 19 Feb 2018 13:27:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199066 Section 10 CPC does not apply to rent control proceedings because such proceedings are not suits, and the Rent Controller cannot stay them on that basis. Even under inherent powers under Section 151 CPC, a stay was unwarranted where the pending specific performance suit and the eviction proceeding involved materially different questions: the suit concerned the genuineness of the sale agreement and bona fide purchaser status, while the rent control case concerned wilful default, bona fide requirement, and only the bona fides of the tenants' denial of title. The summary nature of rent control jurisdiction and the statutory mechanism for title disputes left no basis to keep the eviction case in abeyance merely because a civil suit was pending. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 29 Oct 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199066