#rent controller

Punjab & Haryana High Court rules that tenants who deny the landlord-tenant relationship in pleadings cannot later invoke provisional rent assessment under the Rent Control Act. The court held that contradictory pleas violate estoppel and undermine judicial integrity, affecting landlords' rights to fair rent determination.

Punjab and Haryana High Court holds that pending title suits cannot stay eviction proceedings under the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949. Landlord status independent of ownership.