late payment of rent as per the direction of the Revenue Court, is clearly a valid ground for effecting eviction of the cultivating tenant under Section 3 of the 1955 Act

Case Title: K. Chinnammal (Dead) Thr. Lrs. vs. L. R. Eknath & Anr.

Citation : 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 437

Counsel for the Appellants: Mr. Sandeep Rana, Adv. Ms. M. Venmani, Adv. Mr. S. Gowthaman, AORCounsel for the Respondents: Mr. S. D. Dwarakanath, Adv. Mr. Chand Qureshi, AOR Mr. Ramu Vutukuri, Adv. Mr. Atul Bhojane, Adv.

Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1955: Section 3- The Supreme Court has ruled that late payment of rent as per the direction of the Revenue Court, is clearly a valid ground for effecting eviction of the cultivating tenant under Section 3 of the 1955 Act.The court remarked that the 1955 Act confers a privilege on the cultivating tenant vis-a-vis the landlord, by which the cultivating tenant is protected from eviction by the landlord. Further, the scope of eviction of the cultivating tenant at the behest of the landlord, is circumscribed by the Act. Thus, the limited grounds for eviction of the cultivating tenant by the landlord under the Act, must not be frustrated by granting some extra benefit or indulgence to the cultivating tenant, the Apex Court said while upholding the decision of the High Court and the Revenue Court.