Abstract
This research paper critically analyses and appreciates the 1958 legislation (the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958) on diverse fronts. The topics of prime focus in this research paper are the following: Historical background of the 1958 Act; Definition of landlord, tenant and premises; Constitutionality of the 1958 Act; Difference between lease and licence; Tenancy not created by payment of rent, waiver or estoppel; Tenancy by holding over and tenancy at sufferance; Eviction of tenant on various grounds enumerated in Section 14 of the 1958 Act; Sub-Letting; Eviction: Rights of Deserted Wife/Divorced Wife; Summary trial in eviction cases under Section 14(1) (e) and Section 14-A to Section 14-D of the 1958 Act; Limited Period Tenancy; Bar to the jurisdiction of the Civil Court; and Deposit of rent. All landmark case-laws albeit the 1958 Act are discussed with erudite precision.
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