1. Recently, I have come across a Case of my Cousin, where Landlord has filed a Section 8 Application under Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999, calling upon the Court to fix Standard Rent (essentially seeking huge increase in Rent), on the grounds that Suit premises is situate in prime commercial area and Rent has increased phenomenally in the immediate vicinity of Suit premises. 2. And I am told that Landlord is filing many such Applications against his tenants, and the Small Causes Courts are entertaining such Applications, and are happily granting Reliefs to the Landlords; and Tenants are compelled to pay sky rocketing increased Rent, and that too, under the umbrella of Rent Control Legislation. 3. And therefore, I dwelled upon the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999, and looked thru the history of Rent Control Legislations in India, and in particularly, the history of...