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2025 Supreme(SC) 2036

VIKRAM NATH, SANDEEP MEHTA, N. V. ANJARIA
Life Insurance Corporation of India – Appellant
Versus
Vita – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. S. Rajappa, AOR Mr. Ankur Mittal, AOR Ms. Nidhi Mittal, Adv. Ms. Muskan Jain, Adv. Mr. Dinesh Mathur, Adv. Mr. Aryam, Adv. Mr. Kaushik Poddar, AOR Mr. Vikas Mehta, AOR Mr. Kartik Pandey, Adv. Ms. Nitika Grover, Adv. Mr. Nishant Anshul, Adv. Mr. O. P. Gaggar, AOR Mr. Sachindra Karn, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. M. K. Ghosh, Adv. Ms. Tina Garg, AOR Mr. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv. Mr. Syed Rehan, Adv. Mr. Md. Shahid Anwar, Adv. Mr. Jagannath Rao, Adv. Mr. Ayesha Fatma, Adv. Ms. Ayesha Fatma, Adv. Mr. Rahul Gupta, AOR Mr. Arup Banerjee, AOR Mr. Prashant Padmanabhan, AOR Mr. Kunal Cheema, AOR Mr. Shubham Chandankhede, Adv. Ms. Kirti, Adv. Mr. Rushabh Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Kritika Gakhar, Adv. Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General for India Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Sr. Adv. Mr. R. Chandrachud, AOR Ms. Geetanjali Das Krishnan, Adv. Mr. Dhuli Venkata Krishna, Adv. Mr. Aryan Singh, Adv. Mr. Piyush Negi, Adv. Mr. Pv Dinesh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mukund P. Unny, AOR Ms. Anna Oommen, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Nair S, Adv. Mr. Suvendu Suvasis Dash, AOR Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Sr. Adv. Ms. Swati Vaibhav, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Randhir Singh Jain, AOR Mr. Nitin Mishra, AOR Mr. V. Y. Sanglikar, Adv. Mr. Satyajit A. Desai, Adv. Mr. Abhinav K. Mutyalwar, Adv. Mr. Sachin Singh, Adv. Mr. Pratik Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Parth Johri, Adv. Mr. Sanchit Agrahari, Adv. Mr. Shashank Upadhayay, Adv. Mr. Madhur Duggal, Adv. Ms. Anagha S. Desai, AOR Dr. Anindita Pujari, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shaileshwar Yadav, Adv. Ms. Radhika Mahopatra, Adv. Mr. Hitendra Nath Rath, AOR Mr. Amir Arsiwala, AOR Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR Mr. Farid F. Karachiwala, AOR Ms. Krutika Mehta, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Mehra, Sr. Adv. Ms. Manjeet Chawla, AOR Mr. Rahul Negi, Adv. Ms. Jyoti, Adv. Mr. Shaik Muntaz Begam, Adv. Mr. Ankit Yadav, AOR Ms. Gunjan Rathore, Adv. Ms. Shivangi Gulati, Adv. Ms. Aastha Harshwal, Adv. Mr. Areeb Husain, Adv. Mr. Chaitanya Sonkeria, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv. Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv. Ms. Chitransha Singh Sikarwar, Adv. Ms. S. Ramamani, AOR Mr. Aakarsh Kamra, AOR Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Viren Ashar, Adv. Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv. Mr. Jayant Bajaj, Adv. Ms. Apurba Pattanayak, Adv. Mr. Shree Pal Singh, AOR

Table of Content
1. conflicting judgments led to referral for adjudication. (Para 1)
2. question of applicability of pp act vs state rent control. (Para 2)
3. facts of the lead matter of appeal and tenancy details. (Para 3)
4. arguments on the inconsistency between judgments and applicability. (Para 4)
5. overview of provisions and meanings under pp act 1971. (Para 5)
6. reiterating and contrasting propositions set out in prior judgments. (Para 6 , 7)
7. positions of law established and principles emphasized in judgments. (Para 12 , 13)
8. final conclusion and response to the reference. (Para 14)

JUDGMENT :

N.V. ANJARIA, J.

1. In view of two conflicting judgments on the aspect of overriding applicability of the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 19711 [PP Act 1971] as against State Rent Control Legislations, a two-Judge Bench of this Court passed order dated 17.03.2015 in Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No. 35859 of 2014, [now Civil Appeal No. 2638 of 2023] along with other Special Leave Petitions (Civil) Nos. 6677 of 2015 and 4112 of 2015, referring the matters for adjudication by a three-Judge Bench.

1.1 The referral order dated 17.03.2015, aforementioned, reads as und

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