https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297244 Wilful default under the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act requires a conscious, deliberate and intentional failure to pay rent. The tenant's long record of regular payment, the existence of a genuine dispute over rent enhancement, and the fact that the eviction petition was filed before the two-month period in the Explanation had expired were treated as indicating that the default had not matured into wilful default when proceedings began. The tenant's deposit under Section 11 further supported the absence of deliberate contumacy, and the eviction order could not be sustained on that footing. en-us Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 24 Aug 2021 14:46:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297244 Wilful default under the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act requires a conscious, deliberate and intentional failure to pay rent. The tenant's long record of regular payment, the existence of a genuine dispute over rent enhancement, and the fact that the eviction petition was filed before the two-month period in the Explanation had expired were treated as indicating that the default had not matured into wilful default when proceedings began. The tenant's deposit under Section 11 further supported the absence of deliberate contumacy, and the eviction order could not be sustained on that footing. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297244