{"id":112209,"date":"1958-03-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1958-03-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/swamiappa-mudaliar-vs-k-r-ponnammal-and-anr-on-24-march-1958"},"modified":"2019-03-19T01:24:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T19:54:00","slug":"swamiappa-mudaliar-vs-k-r-ponnammal-and-anr-on-24-march-1958","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/swamiappa-mudaliar-vs-k-r-ponnammal-and-anr-on-24-march-1958","title":{"rendered":"Swamiappa Mudaliar vs K.R. Ponnammal And Anr. on 24 March, 1958"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Swamiappa Mudaliar vs K.R. Ponnammal And Anr. on 24 March, 1958<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: AIR 1959 Mad 107, 1959 CriLJ 482, (1958) 2 MLJ 182<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Somasundaram<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: Somasundaram<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p>  Somasundaram, J.  <\/p>\n<p> 1. This is a revision against an order of the Rent Controller refusing to file a complaint under Section 476 Crl. P. C. in respect of a receipt filed before his court. In the application by the respondent to evict the petitioner herein two grounds were urged: (i) arrears of rent, and (ii) sub-letting. On the ground of sub-letting the petitioner was evicted. The Rent Controller also gave a finding that there was a default in payment of rent.\n<\/p>\n<p> With regard to this default in payment of rent, the counterfoil of the receipt book produced by the respondent is alleged to contain sane alterations on which the tenant, who has been evicted, seeks to prosecute the landlord. The Rent Controller dismissed the application on the ground that it was not expedient in the interests of justice to lay a complaint. An appeal was then preferred to the Sessions Court. The Sessions Court also dismissed the appeal. The present revision is against that order of the Sessions Court.\n<\/p>\n<p> 2. The learned advocate, who appears for the respondents, takes a preliminary objection to the maintainability of this criminal revision petition on the ground that it was a civil court which dealt with the application for eviction and as such, the appeal should have been laid before the Sub-Judge, Coimbatore, and the revision, if any here, should have been filed as a civil revision petition. This procedure was not followed in this case, and therefore this petition does not lie on the criminal side.\n<\/p>\n<p> The decision of a Full Bench of this court in<br \/>\nKumaravel v. Shanmuga Nadar, ILR 1940 Mad<br \/>\n762 : (AIR 1940 Mad 465) is clear on the point<br \/>\nthat a civil court does not cease to be a civil<br \/>\ncourt when it is considering an application made<br \/>\nto it under Section 476 Crl. P. C. and that a revision<br \/>\nought to be filed only as a civil revision petition<br \/>\nunder Section 115 C. P. C. The preliminary objection is<br \/>\nupheld and the petition is dismissed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court Swamiappa Mudaliar vs K.R. Ponnammal And Anr. on 24 March, 1958 Equivalent citations: AIR 1959 Mad 107, 1959 CriLJ 482, (1958) 2 MLJ 182 Author: Somasundaram Bench: Somasundaram ORDER Somasundaram, J. 1. This is a revision against an order of the Rent Controller refusing to file a complaint under Section 476 Crl. 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