Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999
15. No ejectment ordinarily to he made if
tenant pays or is ready and willing to pay standard rent and permitted
increases.
(1) A landlord shall not be entitled to the
recovery of possession of any premises so long as the tenant pays, or is ready
and willing to pay, the amount of the, standard rent and permitted increases,
if any, and observes and performs the other, conditions of the tenancy, in so
far as they are consistent with the provisions of this Act.
(2) No suit for recovery of possession shall
be instituted by a landlord against the tenant on the ground of non-payment of
the standard rent or permitted increases due, until the expiration of ninety
days next after notice in writing of the demand of the standard rent or
permitted increases has been served upon the tenant in the manner provided in
section 106 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882.
(3) No decree for eviction shall be passed by
the court in any suit for recovery of possession on the ground of arrears of
standard rent and permitted increases if, within a period of ninety days from
the date of service of the summons of the suit, the tenant pays or tenders in
court the standard rent and permitted increases then due together with simple
interest on the amount of arrears at fifteen per cent per annum; and thereafter
continues to pay or tenders in court regularly such standard rent and permitted
increases till the suit is finally decided and also pays cost of the suit as
directed by the court.
(4) Pending the disposal of any suit, the
court may, out of any amount paid or tendered by the tenant, pay to the
landlord such amount towards the payment of rent or permitted increases due to
him as the court thinks fit.