New Delhi, June 5 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Thursday requested the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court to look into the pendency of landlord-tenant disputes across various courts in Maharashtra and take appropriate measures for their timely disposal if a pattern of inordinate delay is identified.
A bench, comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and Manoj Misra, observed that prolonged delays in adjudicating such disputes result in deprivation of both enjoyment and monetary benefits of the property, causing hardship to the parties involved.
The Court stated, “We request the Chief Justice, High Court of Judicature at Bombay, to take up this issue and call for a report from the concerned courts regarding the period of pendency in landlord-tenant disputes. Should it be found that there are many such instances as the present case, then appropriate steps should be taken or directions issued to further the cause of expeditious disposal of these cases,” the court said.