Case Law Analysis
|Delhi High Court
Rent Controller alone decides validity of rent-increase notice under Sections 6A & 8 DRC Act; civil courts lack jurisdiction to entertain eviction : Delhi HC
A Delhi High Court set aside an eviction decree, ruling that only the Rent Controller can determine whether a rent-increase notice under Sections 6A and 8 of the Delhi Rent Control Act was validly served. Consequently, civil courts cannot adjudicate rent-increase disputes until that determination, impacting landlords and tenants across Delhi.