https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288188 Readiness and willingness to pay rent under the rent control statute required compliance with the court's direction to deposit the determined rent within the time allowed. The tenant failed to make that statutory deposit and could not rely on later payments made under a stay order to displace the finding of default. Once the defence was struck out, the tenant was limited to testing the landlord's evidence and could not adduce his own evidence; the landlord's witness was found credible and the arrears finding was supported by the record. Unverified account entries were insufficient to prove payment, as the books were not shown to be regularly kept. The eviction decree was sustained. en-us Thu, 14 Nov 1991 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 25 May 2020 15:23:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288188 Readiness and willingness to pay rent under the rent control statute required compliance with the court's direction to deposit the determined rent within the time allowed. The tenant failed to make that statutory deposit and could not rely on later payments made under a stay order to displace the finding of default. Once the defence was struck out, the tenant was limited to testing the landlord's evidence and could not adduce his own evidence; the landlord's witness was found credible and the arrears finding was supported by the record. Unverified account entries were insufficient to prove payment, as the books were not shown to be regularly kept. The eviction decree was sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 14 Nov 1991 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288188