https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200393 Retrospective rent-relief legislation was construed to extend to pending suits and appeals, so the tenant could invoke the amended provision even though the original one-month period from service of summons had expired. The filing period was treated as running from the commencement of the amendment, because any reading that made the retrospective clause ineffective would defeat the remedial object of the statute. On delayed deposit of rent for two months, the default-striking provision was read together with the relief scheme and treated as directory in the circumstances. As the default was technical rather than substantial, the tenant's defence was not struck out and eviction could not stand. en-us Fri, 06 Mar 1987 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:33:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200393 Retrospective rent-relief legislation was construed to extend to pending suits and appeals, so the tenant could invoke the amended provision even though the original one-month period from service of summons had expired. The filing period was treated as running from the commencement of the amendment, because any reading that made the retrospective clause ineffective would defeat the remedial object of the statute. On delayed deposit of rent for two months, the default-striking provision was read together with the relief scheme and treated as directory in the circumstances. As the default was technical rather than substantial, the tenant's defence was not struck out and eviction could not stand. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 06 Mar 1987 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200393