Following its judgment in Civil Revision No.
The appellants writ petition was heard along with a batch of other writ petitions.
The appellant thereupon filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court challenging the validity of the newly inserted Section 3 c of the Act.
The tenants filed a writ petition seeking to restrain the landlords from proceeding with this petition, on the ground that the application was misconceived.
383 and 1141 of 1989, Writ Petitions Civil Nos.
530 of 1991, Writ Petitions Civil Nos.
53, 166, 492, 529, 576, 665, 695, 697, 698, 752 and 951 of 1992, Writ Petitions Civil Nos.
Civil Appeals Nos.
11069 of 1993, Writ Petition Civil No.
Ultimately, the matter came to this Court and was heard by a Bench of five Judges.
52 of 1988 came into effect from 1 12 1988.
11376, 12822, 13865, 14401 and 19250 of 1991, Special Leave Petitions Civil Nos.
Common questions of law have arisen in all these matters relating to interpretation and companystitutional validity of Section 3 c of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958.
16, 54, 251, 257, 262, 306 and 358 of 1993, Special Leave Petition Civil No.
The Delhi Rent Control Act, as amended by Act No.
142 of 1993, Special Leave Petition Civil No.
By a judgment dated 11 2 1991, the Delhi High Court held that Section 3 c was a valid piece of legislation and did number companytravene any of the provisions of the Constitution.
CC 15210 of 1991, Writ Petitions Civil Nos.
228 and 946 of 1990, Writ Petitions Civil Nos.
2024, 8272 and 13586 of 1992, Special Leave Petition Civil No.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by SEN, J. This appeal has been heard along with a number of other appeals, special leave petitions and writ petitions.
51, 832, 889 and 895 of 1993 and Writ Petitions Civil Nos.The present batch of appeals are directed against the judgment of the Delhi High Court dated 11 2 1991.
470 of 1981 Nirmaljit Arora v. Bharat Steel Tubes , it also held that Section 3 c was prospective and did number affect the cases that were pending on the date it came into operation.
447 of 1992, Special Leave Petitions Civil Nos.
9, 843, 920 and 1134 of 1991, Writ Petitions Civil Nos.
4264, 4345, 4351, 4353, 4354, 4355, 4356, 4357, 4489 and 5080 of 1991, Civil Appeal No.
