Murugan v. Muthulakshmi
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: tenant's own admission of rent arrears (August 2021 - September 2023) in memorandum of appeal; no steps to pay arrears; eviction for non-payment upheld; no illegality or perversity; Article 227 supervisory jurisdiction declined; Rent Control Court Thoothukudi/Tuticorin; RLTOP.No.3 of 2021; RLTA.No.10 of 2023; CRP(MD).No.3675 of 2025; CMP(MD).No.19440 of 2025; N.Senthilkumar J.; decided 08.12.2025; CRP dismissed as devoid of merits, no costs. Useful where a tenant's admitted default is urged to defeat a revision against concurrent eviction findings.
What did the court decide?
In the memorandum of appeal itself the petitioner had admitted that rent was due from August, 2021 to September, 2023 and that he was ready to pay the rent due during the pendency of the appeal, yet no steps were taken to pay the arrears; therefore, when the petitioner himself admits default in payment of rents, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the impugned order.