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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 30705

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN, J
J.Jaffer Ali – Appellant
Versus
C.Natarajan – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr.J.Jeyakumaran
For the Respondents: ----

Table of Content
1. landlord-tenant relationship; eviction petition filed under tnrrrlt act; maintainability challenge rejected. (Para 2 , 3)
2. tenant argues pre-repeal tenancy bars rltop maintainability. (Para 4)
3. no preliminary jurisdiction challenge in summary rent proceedings under act sections 33-34. (Para 5 , 6 , 7)
4. issues via counter at final disposal; new pleas violate natural justice; revision dismissed. (Para 8)

O R D E R

Aggrieved by the rejection of a petition filed questioning the maintainability of RLTOP, the petitioner/tenant is before this Court.

2. There is no dispute in the relationship between the parties. The petitioner is the tenant and the respondent is the landlord. Alleging that the tenant is liable to be evicted from the property on two grounds, namely, Section 21(2)(a) and Section 21(2)(g) of the Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the “TNRRRLT Act, 2017”) the landlord presented the eviction petition. It was received and numbered as RLTOP.No.34 of 2024 on the file of the III Additional District Munsif, Madurai Town. The tenant has filed a counter, running into several pages.

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