Mumbai Court January 1956 Judgments

L.M. Chakradeo Vs. Goolabanubai Yoosuf Lalji

Court: Mumbai

Reported in: (1956)58BOMLR454

Shah, J. 1. The petitioner is a tenant of certain premises in a building at 320, Charni Road, Bombay. On November 5, 1949, the petitioner applied by Application No. 1235 of 1949 for an order under Section 11 of Bombay Act LVII of 1947 fixing standard rent of the premises. On October 12, 1950, the Court of Small Causes, Bombay, passed an order under Section 11(3) of Bombay Act LVII of 1947 that the petitioner do pay interim rent at the rate of Rs. 206 per month. The application for standard rent was decided by the Court of first instance on July 30, 1952, and standard rent was fixed at Rs. 20-9-4. An appeal was preferred against that order to the appellate bench of the Court of Small Causes. In that appeal the parties arrived at a compromise and it was agreed that the standard rent of the premises be fixed at Rs. 90. The petitioner had in the meanwhile paid rent pursuant to the order dated October 12, 1950, at the rate of Rs. 206 per month. The payment was made by the petitioner for the...