MARIETTA D’SILVA versus RUDOLF CLOTHAN LACERDA & ORS.

Case summary from SCR

Issue for Consideration Whether the Appellant, being the co-owner of the suit building fell within the statutory definition of ‘landlord’ under the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947; what constitutes a pleading; what is the distinction between the pleading stand satisfied in the present case. Headnotes† Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 – s.5(3) – “landlord” – Small Causes Court decreed the eviction suit in favour of Appellant-Plaintiff No.1 (a co-landlord as well as co-owner of the