https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200442 Open land leased for construction of residential or business buildings falls within the expression "premises let for residence" or "premises let for business" under section 6(1) of the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947, because the statutory definition of "premises" includes open land not used for agriculture and the language is wide enough to cover land let for those objects. The Court read the provision in its ordinary commercial sense and in light of the legislative object of including open land within the Act, and rejected the argument that section 15 cut down that meaning. The City Civil Court therefore lacked jurisdiction, and the plaints were rightly returned for presentation to the proper court. en-us Fri, 29 Sep 1961 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:29:16 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200442 Open land leased for construction of residential or business buildings falls within the expression "premises let for residence" or "premises let for business" under section 6(1) of the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947, because the statutory definition of "premises" includes open land not used for agriculture and the language is wide enough to cover land let for those objects. The Court read the provision in its ordinary commercial sense and in light of the legislative object of including open land within the Act, and rejected the argument that section 15 cut down that meaning. The City Civil Court therefore lacked jurisdiction, and the plaints were rightly returned for presentation to the proper court. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 29 Sep 1961 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200442