SRI SHANKAR CHOWDHURY @ KHATIK vs SRI HARBHAJAN SINGH SOLE — C.A. No. 6694/2002

The Supreme Court allowed petitioner Shankar Chowdhury's appeal against the Calcutta High Court's order dated 24 September 2001 in a landlord-tenant eviction dispute under the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1956. The Court held that despite striking off the tenant's defence for non-deposit of rent arrears, Section 17A of the Act permits courts to set aside such orders and grant time for deposits; the trial court properly exercised discretion by allowing the application after the appellant deposited all outstanding amounts. The appellant must pay Rs. 10,000 costs to the respondent within four weeks. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.