J.R.Chandran vs P.Kubendra Singh on 10 November, 2022
But the Rent Controller
confronted a claim of Rs.1,200/- as the rate of rent from the landlord, he chose
to reject the plea of both on the ground that neither of them had proved the rent
that was payable. And, from the tenant's stand point he lost his R.C.O.P. 1204
of 1998. The tenant was instantly caught in a quandary and his predicament is
understandable. Obviously, if he has stuck to his predicament and strategized
his defence in projecting it in the ongoing round of litigation, the ratio in
C.Chandramohan Vs Sengottaytaiyan [(2000) 1 SCC 451] would have come
in handy for him, for nowhere the landlord has pleaded the rate of rent, the
duration of default and the total arrears of rent due from the tenant. He also
chose not to issue any statutory notice to aid him with a presumption of
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C.R.P.(NPD) No.838 of 2021 and
C.R.P.(NPD) Nos.3313 & 3514 of 2019
wilfulness of the default. This, if the tenant had resorted to, it might have
created a strong probability that his current default in paying the rent might not
be wilful, since his conduct may not be construed as a conscious or a
deliberate defiance along with an intention not to pay the rent as has been
held in the endless list of authorities on the point.