Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court
Bombay Rent Act Section 5(4) | Unlawful Sub-Tenant Cannot Be Evicted as Trespasser; Rent Court Jurisdiction Applies : Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has held that labeling an unlawful sub-tenant as a trespasser does not oust the jurisdiction of rent courts under the Bombay Rent Act. This reinforces that tenancy rights, even when unauthorized, remain governed by rent control statutes - protecting sub-tenants from summary eviction and affirming the Act’s broad protective intent.