Section 55
Special provision regarding decrees affected by the Delhi Tenants (Temporary Protection) Act, 1956.
The Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958
About this Act
An Act to provide for the control of rents and evictions and of rates of hotels and lodging houses, and for the lease of vacant premises to Government, in certain areas in the Union territory of Delhi.
Where any decree or order for the recovery of possession of any premises to which the Delhi
Tenants (Temporary Protection) Act, 1956 (97 of 1956), applies is sought to be executed on the cesser of
operation of that Act in relation to those premises, the court executing the decree or order may, on the
application of the person against whom the decree or order has been passed or otherwise, reopen the case
and if it is satisfied that the decree or order could not have been passed if this Act had been in force on the
date of the decree or order, the court may, having regard to the provisions of this Act, set aside the decree
or order or pass such other order in relation thereto as it thinks fit.