https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199414 A tenant's defence may not be struck out mechanically for non-deposit of rent under a rent control order where the surrounding circumstances make the default explainable and later regular compliance follows. The decisive point was procedural: an earlier application seeking the same relief on the same defaults had already been moved and dismissed as not pressed, so a second application on the same grounds was barred. The court also noted that the rent deposit direction under Section 15(1) imposed continuing monthly obligations, but on these facts the drastic consequence of striking out the defence was not warranted. en-us Fri, 13 Feb 1976 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:09:23 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199414 A tenant's defence may not be struck out mechanically for non-deposit of rent under a rent control order where the surrounding circumstances make the default explainable and later regular compliance follows. The decisive point was procedural: an earlier application seeking the same relief on the same defaults had already been moved and dismissed as not pressed, so a second application on the same grounds was barred. The court also noted that the rent deposit direction under Section 15(1) imposed continuing monthly obligations, but on these facts the drastic consequence of striking out the defence was not warranted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 13 Feb 1976 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199414