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7 (2014) 6 SCC 1 5 (2016) 3 SCC 762 Pg 29 of 37 wp.17.2014 (Colabawalla).doc "26. Providing a smooth and efficient recovery procedure to enable the banks to recover the non-performing assets is a laudable object indeed, which needs to be ensured for the development of the economy of the country. What has complicated the matters, however, is the clash of this laudable object with another laudable object, namely, to secure the rights of the tenants under the various Rent Control Acts. The history of these Rent Control Acts can be traced to as far back as the Second World War. At that time, due to the massive inflation and shortage of commodities, not only had the cost of living risen exponentially, the tenants were also often left to the mercy of the landlords as far as evictions or prices of rent were concerned. The Rent Control Acts have been enacted by the different State Legislatures to secure the rights of the weaker sections of the society viz. the tenants. Krishna Iyer, J. aptly observed in Santosh Mehta v. Om Prakash [Santosh Mehta v. Om Prakash, (1980) 3 SCC 610] : (SCC p. 611, para 2) "2. Rent control laws are basically designed to protect tenants because scarcity of accommodation is a nightmare for those who own none and, if evicted, will be helpless."