https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309982 A rent control statute prescribing the mode of payment, tender and deposit of rent requires strict compliance: where the landlord refuses rent, the tenant must deposit it in the manner and before the authority specified by the Act. A deposit made under a different enactment does not satisfy that statutory requirement and cannot defeat eviction for default. The text also notes that supervisory interference under Article 227 is permissible where the rent authorities commit a serious error of law by treating an invalid deposit as compliance, since that amounts to failure to exercise jurisdiction according to law. en-us Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 12:46:43 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309982 A rent control statute prescribing the mode of payment, tender and deposit of rent requires strict compliance: where the landlord refuses rent, the tenant must deposit it in the manner and before the authority specified by the Act. A deposit made under a different enactment does not satisfy that statutory requirement and cannot defeat eviction for default. The text also notes that supervisory interference under Article 227 is permissible where the rent authorities commit a serious error of law by treating an invalid deposit as compliance, since that amounts to failure to exercise jurisdiction according to law. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309982