Supreme Court of India

Vidya Drolia & Ors. v. Durga Trading Corporation

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Bench R. F. Nariman and Vineet Saran JJ.
Decided 28 February 2019

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What the Court ordered

We hold that both by reason of S. 28 of the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 and by reason of the broader considerations of public policy mentioned by us earlier and also in Deccan Merchants Co-operative Bank Ltd. v.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – s.11(6) – Dispute between landlord and tenant regarding determination of lease – Arbitrator appointed on petition filed by respondent-landlord – Appellant-tenant objected on arbitrability of the dispute by relying on Himangni Enterprises case wherein it was held that where the Transfer of Property Act applied between the landlord and tenant, disputes between them would not be arbitrable – Held: None of the provisions of the Transfer of Property Act were noticed by Himangni Enterprises case – In Himangni Enterprises case, it was held that the question…

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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