COMMON CAUSE Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Keeping in view the National Housing Policy and for rationalisation of rent laws to give incentive to the growth of the housing in general and rental housing, in particular, and the observation made by this Court in Prabhakaran Nair and others vs. State of Tamil Nadu and others (1987) 4 SCC 238 to the following effect :

(2.) Delhi Rent Act, 1995 (for short the Act) was enacted by the Parliament. It was meant to be the Model Rent Control Legislation formulated by the Central Government and sent to the States to enable them to carry out necessary amendments to the prevalent rent control laws in the States.

(3.) The Delhi Rent Bill, 1994 (for short the Bill) was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on 26th August, 1994. It was passed unanimously in the Rajya Sabha on 29th May, 1995. Thereafter it was tabled in the Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha unanimously passed the same on 3rd June, 1995. Presidential assent was given to the Bill on 23rd August, 1995 and the same was accordingly enacted as the Delhi Rent Act, 1995 (Act 33 of 1995) and notified on 23rd August, 1995, as enacted. The Parliament did not fix the date w.e.f. which the Act would come into operation. It was left to the discretion of the Central Government to notify the date w.e.f. which the Act would come into operation. Section 1(3) of the Act reads :