https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297221 A rent control amendment protecting tenants during an acute housing shortage was upheld as a reasonable restriction in the public interest, and its retrospective operation in pending proceedings was sustained. The Court also construed "decree for recovery of possession" broadly to include an order of the Presidency Small Cause Court, avoiding an irrational distinction between similarly placed tenants. Relief remained available even where the order followed a confession of judgment, because the underlying basis was still default in rent payment rather than a true voluntary settlement. The result was that the amendment was valid, the statutory protection applied to Small Cause Court orders, and the tenants' applications succeeded. en-us Mon, 30 Jul 1951 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 23 Aug 2021 18:48:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297221 A rent control amendment protecting tenants during an acute housing shortage was upheld as a reasonable restriction in the public interest, and its retrospective operation in pending proceedings was sustained. The Court also construed "decree for recovery of possession" broadly to include an order of the Presidency Small Cause Court, avoiding an irrational distinction between similarly placed tenants. Relief remained available even where the order followed a confession of judgment, because the underlying basis was still default in rent payment rather than a true voluntary settlement. The result was that the amendment was valid, the statutory protection applied to Small Cause Court orders, and the tenants' applications succeeded. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 30 Jul 1951 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297221