D C BHATIA Vs. UNION OF INDIA
LAWS(SC)-1994-10-3
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA (FROM: DELHI)
Decided on October 19,1994

D C Bhatia Appellant
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA Respondents





Cited Judgements :-

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SHASHI RANJAN GUPTA VS. M/S SPRAYLAC PAINTS CORPORATION [LAWS(DLH)-2013-12-216] [REFERRED TO]
SIVARAMA KRISHNA K V VS. K SEETA MAHALAKSHMI [LAWS(APH)-1998-7-109] [REFERRED TO]
SUNDEEP SINGH KANWALJIT SINGH LAMBA VS. RAJESH SURESHCHANDRA SHAH [LAWS(BOM)-2019-4-42] [REFERRED TO]
KAMTA PRASAD AND ANOTHER VS. XVTH ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, KANPUR NAGAR AND ANOTHER [LAWS(ALL)-2002-8-237] [REFERRED TO]
ASHWANI KUMAR KOHLI VS. RAJESH PRASAD AGRAWAL [LAWS(ALL)-2012-5-237] [REFERRED TO]
V D FUTNANI VS. RAM LAL VIG [LAWS(DLH)-1999-1-47] [REFERRED]
MANISH KUMAR VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(SC)-2021-1-34] [REFERRED TO]
BIJAY KUMAR MANISH KUMAR HUF VS. ASHWIN BHANULAL DESAI [LAWS(SC)-2024-5-75] [REFERRED TO]
MAHENDRA YADAV VS. BHAGWAN DEVI [LAWS(RAJ)-2022-5-176] [REFERRED TO]
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RAMVILAS BAJAJ VS. ASHOK KUMAR [LAWS(APH)-2007-4-46] [REFERRED TO]
K BARKATHULLA KHAN VS. C N RUDRAMURTHY [LAWS(KAR)-1997-8-68] [REFERRED TO]
GOLDEN COLOUR LAB AND STUDIO VS. COMMISSIONER OF COMMERCIAL TAXES BANGALORE [LAWS(KAR)-2003-7-76] [REFERRED TO]
SANJAY AGRWAL VS. STATE OF UP [LAWS(ALL)-2007-6-68] [REFERRED]
CHANDRA BALI VS. DISTRICT JUDGE VARANASI [LAWS(ALL)-2008-11-42] [REFERRED TO]
PEAREY LAL WORKSHOP P LTD VS. RAGHUNANDAN SARAN ASHOK SARAN [LAWS(DLH)-2008-12-56] [REFERRED TO]
PEAREY LAL WORKSHOP P. LTD VS. RAGHUNANDAN SARAN ASHOK SARAN [LAWS(DLH)-2008-11-202] [REFERRED TO]
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PARRIPATI CHANDRASEKHARRAO AND SONS VS. ALAPATI JALAIAH [LAWS(SC)-1995-4-101] [RELIED ON]
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SHOBHA AGGARWAL VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(DLH)-2019-1-19] [REFERRED TO]
SATISH CHANDRA MAKAN VS. S V S SASTRY [LAWS(APH)-2005-10-18] [REFERRED TO]
SURESH BABU VS. S SUSHEELA THIMMEGOWDA [LAWS(KAR)-1998-11-66] [REFERRED TO]
KALIGOTLA VENKATA SIVARAMA KRISHNA VS. KALIGOTLA SEETA MAHALAKSHMI [LAWS(APH)-1998-7-33] [REFERRED TO]
ARUN GULAB GAVLI VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-1999-10-37] [REFERRED TO]
STATE BANK OF PATIALA VS. RAM LAL GROVER [LAWS(DLH)-1996-2-124] [REFERRED TO]
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VISHWANT KUMAR VS. MADAN LAL SHARMA [LAWS(SC)-2004-3-75] [REFERRED TO]
NATIONAL TEXTILE CORPORATION LTD VS. NARESHKUMAR BADRIKUMAR JAGAD [LAWS(SC)-2011-9-70] [REFERRED TO]
TELANGANA STATE WAKF BOARD VS. PERUGU RADHA MADHAVI [LAWS(TLNG)-2021-11-15] [REFERRED TO]
ISHMAD PASHA VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA [LAWS(KAR)-1997-12-47] [REFERRED TO]
UTTAR PRADESH CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD VS. URMILA SINGH [LAWS(ALL)-1998-10-79] [REFERRED TO]
DAYA SHANKAR PANDE VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-2000-12-67] [REFERRED TO]
GOPAL SINGH CINTURY VS. STATE OF SIKKIM [LAWS(SIK)-1996-6-2] [REFERRED TO]
CARONA LTD VS. PARVATHY SWAMINATHAN AND SONS [LAWS(SC)-2007-10-19] [REFERRED TO]
ATMA RAM PROPERTIES PVT. LTD. VS. THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. [LAWS(SC)-2017-12-23] [REFERRED TO]
RAGHUNANDAN SARAN ASHOK SARAN HUF VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(DLH)-2002-1-125] [REFERRED 4.]
VISHWANAT KUMAR VS. MADAN LAL SHARMA [LAWS(DLH)-2001-5-124] [REFERRED]
CHANDER KANTA SINGHAL VS. KAPADIA EXPORTS [LAWS(DLH)-1996-10-71] [REFERRED]
STATE BANK OF INDIA VS. PUSHPA ARORA [LAWS(DLH)-1996-9-66] [REFERRED]
SHARDA DEVI VS. BHAGWATI PRASAD DALMION [LAWS(RAJ)-2022-8-62] [REFERRED TO]
NATHALAL PUNJABHAI VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(GJH)-2012-8-301] [REFERRED TO]


JUDGEMENT

- (1.)This appeal has been heard along with a number of other appeals, special leave petitions and writ petitions. Common questions of law have arisen in all these matters relating to interpretation and constitutional validity of Section 3 (c) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958.
(2.)The Delhi Rent Control Act, as amended by Act No. 52 of 1988 came into effect from 1/12/1988. Section 3 (c) of the amended Act provided that the provisions of the Delhi Rent Control Act will not apply to any premises whose monthly rent exceeded Rs. 3,500. 00.
(3.)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 appellant's writ petition was heard along with a batch of other writ petitions. By a judgment dated 11/2/1991, the Delhi High court held that Section 3 (c) was a valid piece of legislation and did not contravene any of the provisions of the Constitution. Following its judgment in Civil Revision No. 470 of 1981 (Nirmaljit Arora v. Bharat Steel Tubes) , it also held that Section 3 (c) was prospective and did not affect the cases that were pending on the date it came into operation.


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