1986 CLC 808 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Full text

MUSLIM COMMERCIAL BANK LTD. VS JAMEEL AHMED Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance 1979--21 , ---Ss. 15(2)(vii) & 21(1)--West Pakistan Urban Rent Restriction Ordinance (VI of 1959) (Repealed), S.13 (3) (first proviso) ---Repealed----Ordinance--Effect on rights and liabilities of parties--Contention of tenant that in spite of repeal of Ordinance VI of1959, rights and liabilities of parties would continue to be governed under repealed Ordinance as tenancy agreement was executed in year when repealed Ordinance was very much in field--On day of repeal of Ordinance, 1959 no proceedings were admittedly pending for eviction of tenant from premises in dispute--Ejectment application against tenant was filed after promulgation of Ordinance XVII of 1979—Contention tenant, held, was without merit in circumstances--Rights and liabilities of parties, would, therefore, be governed under Ordinance, 1979.