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PETITIONER: WARYAM SINGH AND ANOTHER
Vs.
RESPONDENT: AMARNATH AND ANOTHER.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 19/01/1954
BENCH: DAS, SUDHI RANJAN BENCH: DAS, SUDHI RANJAN MAHAJAN, MEHAR CHAND (CJ) MUKHERJEA, B.K. BOSE, VIVIAN HASAN, GHULAM
CITATION: 1954 AIR 215 1954 SCR 565 CITATOR INFO : R 1955 SC 233 (20) R 1958 SC 321 (6) R 1958 SC 398 (30) F 1965 SC1994 (18) F 1972 SC1598 (12) R 1975 SC1297 (7) R 1978 SC 45 (5) RF 1979 SC 1 (11) RF 1986 SC1272 (102) F 1987 SC 117 (17)
ACT: Constitution of India, arts. 227 and 241-High Court-Whether conferred power of judicial superintendence-Rent Controllerand District Judge-Whether Tribunals within the meaning of art. 227-East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act (III of 1949 as extended to Himachal Pradesh, s. 13(2)(i), Proviso Non-payment of arrears of rent on first hearing of application for ejectment-Legal effect thereof.
HEADNOTE: The Court of the Judicial Commissioner of Himachal Pradesh exercises jurisdiction in relation to the whole of the territories of Himachal Pradesh. The Rent Controller and the District Judge exercising juris. diction under the East Punjab Rent Restriction Act,,1949, are certainly tribunals it not courts within the meaning of art. 227 of the Constitution and they function within the territ...