JUDGMENT :

Prathiba M. Singh, J.

CM APPL. 10848/2020

1. This is an application for exemption from filing the duly affirmed affidavit and the requisite court fee. With an undertaking to deposit the court fee within 72 hours from the date of resumption of regular functioning of this Court, exemption is allowed, subject to all just exceptions. Undertaking filed by the Appellants is accepted.

2. Application is disposed of.

CM APPL. 10847/2020

Brief Facts

3. The urgent application under consideration, raises various issues relating to suspension of payment of rent by tenants owing to the COVID-19 lockdown crisis and the legal questions surrounding the same. The COVID-19 pandemic has had large-scale implications for human life. Contractual relationships and jural relationships between parties are severely affected due to the lockdown. The question as to whether the lockdown would entitle tenants to claim waiver or exemption from payment of rent or suspension of rent, is bound to arise in thousands of cases across the country. Though there can be no standard rule that can be prescribed to address these cases, some broad parameters can be kept under consideration, in order to determine the manner