Dipak J. Popat and Ors. v. M/S Aisatic Udyog
Case brief
What is this about?
Dipak J. Popat & Ors. v. M/s. Asiatic Udyog, CO 1236 of 2022 (Calcutta High Court, 11.07.2024, Bibhas Ranjan De, J.). Keywords: West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act Sections 7(1) and 7(2); application for permission to deposit arrears of rent; deposit of current rent month by month before Rent Controller and in Court; ejectment suit; Small Causes Court, Calcutta; order set aside for failure to pass specific directions and non-consideration of Section 7(1) application; remand/rehearing with opportunity of hearing; time-bound disposal (one month for interlocutory applications; six months for suit); procedural irregularity in tenant-defaulter determination.
What did the court decide?
Revisional application allowed: impugned order dated 31st March, 2022 set aside; learned Judge, 5th Bench, Small Causes Court, Calcutta, to re-hear the defendant/opposite party's applications (including under Sections 7(1) and 7(2) of the WBPT Act) after affording opportunity of hearing, with disposal expected within a month from communication of the order; Ejectment Suit No.320 of 2013 to be disposed of as expeditiously as possible, preferably within six months after disposal of the interlocutory applications, without unnecessary adjournments; the revisional application itself stands disposed of.