The Madras High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants Act, 2017 that was enacted on the lines of a model Tenancy Act circulated by the Centre to all States in alignment with its ‘Housing for All’ policy.
[26/04, 07:49] sekarreporter1: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/madras-high-court-upholds-constitutional-validity-of-landlords-and-tenants-act-2017/article68106416.ece
[26/04, 07:49] sekarreporter1: The judges said that overall, they did not find any illegality in any of the provisions under challenge except for the necessity to read down Sections 4 and 4-A of the Act.
The Madras High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants Act, 2017 that was enacted on the lines of a model Tenancy Act circulated by the Centre to all States in alignment with its ‘Housing for All’ policy.
First Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy said, though the 2017 enactment traces its source to List III (concurrent list) and not List II (State list) of Schedule VII to the Constitution, it was not repugnant to any of the existing Central laws.
