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One Officer, Two Powers: Mumbai's New Approach To Rent Disputes
Mumbai faces a striking contradiction: a rent-control law designed to protect both landlords and tenants has, through decades of administrative inertia, let down both. The Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 (Act) created a fast-track framework for resolving possession disputes, bypassing ordinary civil-court delays. Yet enforcement remained fragmented and slow.
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co