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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar, Kauser Edappagath, Mohammed Nias C.P., C.S.Sudha, Syam Kumar V.M.
Zeenath Ibrahim – Appellant
Versus
Joy Daniel – Respondent
ORDER :
Kauser Edappagath, J.
Doubting the correctness of the law declared by the three Division Benches[Sulaiman Sahib v. Mohemmed Moosa, (2003 (2) KLT 1058), Mohammed Shameer v. Ashokan (2015 (1) KLT 396) and City Co-operative Hospital v. Luquman (2017 (3) KLT 1172)]of this Court on the question of maintainability of an application filed under Section 12 (1) of the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965 (for short, the Rent Control Act) in an appeal preferred against the order passed under Section 12(3), a Full Bench[Joy Daniel v. Ibrahimkutty {2020 (2) KLT 850 (FB)}]of this Court thought it appropriate to refer the question to a Larger Bench for an authoritative pronouncement, and that is how the above review petition has been placed before us.
Background Facts
2. The facts of the case lie within a very narrow compass. The landlord filed a Rent Control Petition against his tenant for eviction under Sections 11(2)(b), 11(3) and 11(4)(v) of the Rent Control Act before the Rent Control Court, Thrissur as RCP No.105/2013. There is no dispute between the parties regarding their jural relationship and rate of rent. The tenant is running an electric shop in the building under
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Point of Law : Object of s. 38(1) is to give a right of appeal to a party aggrieved by some order which affects his right or liability.
Point of Law - Appellate Authority held that the finding of the Rent Control Court that the rent agreed by the landlord and tenant is by mutual consent cannot be sustained
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