ISHWAR SWAROOP SHARMA vs JAGMOHAN LAL — C.A. No. 6755/2000

The Supreme Court dismissed the landlord Ishwar Swaroop Sharma's appeal, upholding the High Court's decision that fair rent under the Haryana Urban (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act, 1973 must be based on the agreed rent of Rs. 200/- (agreed in 1976), not market rent of Rs. 1000/-. The Court held that "agreed rent" in Section 4(2)(b) applies to all tenancies, including monthly ones, and the agreement remains valid as the basis for fair rent calculation as long as the tenancy subsists, permitting only a 25% increase indexed to inflation, resulting in Rs. 328/- per month. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.