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M. K. Munthan vs M. Pasupathi on 13 July, 2001

Applying the principles laid down in the above case to the facts of the case in hand, we notice that the Rent Control Court as also the Appellate Tribunal had taken into consideration the fact that there was no agreement between the parties nor was there any practice to tender the rent by way of cheque or at any time earlier the rent was sent by post. The tenant had never earlier tendered the rent by way of cheque, on the contrary, the rent was either being paid in cash or by way of pay order or demand draft. The said fora had also taken into consideration the fact that if at all the tenant had any intention of clearing the rental dues, he could have deposited the same under Section 27 of the Act which was not done. Thus taking into consideration the overall facts and the conduct of the tenant, the Rent Control Court and the Appellate Tribunal had come to the conclusion that the tender was not a legal tender. In such circumstances, in our opinion, the High Court was in error in merely accepting the fact that the tenant had posted the cheque towards the arrears of rent and holding such issuance of a cheque by itself would amount to a legal tender.
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