THE CONTROL OF EVICTION OF TENANTS UNDER DELHI RENT CONTROL ACT, 1958
Keywords:
Eviction, Tenants, Delhi Rent Control Act, Property, Possession & LandlordAbstract
After the onset of the Second World War in 1939, the Defence of India Rules enacted the first
rent control measures in Delhi. This was restricted to New Delhi and the Notified area, Civil
Station. It was latterly realised that there was a need of comprehensive enactment related to
Rent Control in Delhi. The Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, came into force on February 9,
1959. The enactment protects the rights of the tenants and as well as landlords. The aim was
to assist the population in resettling after the partition and to make it easier for families to
integrate into Indian society. Tenants in Delhi were given rights against untimely eviction
under the rent control legislation. This also protected the poor from being homeless, as they
could not buy a home or apply for loans. The purpose of an Act is to regulate rentals,
evictions, and hotel and lodging house prices, as well as the leasing of vacant properties to
the government, in certain districts of the Union territory of Delhi. Section 14 of the Act
provides the provision related to protection of the tenants from eviction. In this paper the
complete analyses of Section have been done along with other relevant provisions given
under the act in order to protect the interest of the tenants and landlords.
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