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TMI Blog2004 (2) TMI 717X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ved in this petition is; whether the plaintiff-landlord was entitled to decree of eviction in a suit filed on 5th September, 1994 on the ground of default in payment of rent for February, 1998 and December, 1990, even though the same fell beyond the period of three years prior to the date of the suit. In the present matter the suit was filed on 5th September, 1994 for eviction of the tenant (peti ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ree of eviction has been sustained by both the courts below on both the aforestated grounds namely personal necessity of the landlord and willful default in payment of rent by the tenant. Learned counsel for the petitioner urged before us that the landlord cannot file a suit for eviction of the tenant on the ground of default in payment of rent by the tenant for the period which was more than thr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... payable by the tenant and due from him is in arrears by not having been paid within the time fixed by contract, or in the absence of such contract, by the last day of the month next following that for which the rent is payable or by not having been validly remitted or deposited in accordance with section 16." Section 11 of the said Act, 1982 deals with eviction of tenants. It begins with non ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... able" and not "lawfully recoverable" and therefore, Section 11(1)(d) has nothing to do with recovery or arrears of rent On the contrary Section 11 (l)(d) provides a ground for eviction of the tenant in the eviction suit. It is well settled that law of limitation bars the remedy of the claimant to recover the rent for the period beyond three years prior to the institution of the suit ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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