HC Can’t Reappreciate Evidence in Revision Under Section 29(2) of Bombay Rent Act: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court held that its revisional jurisdiction under Section 29(2) of the Bombay Rent Act is strictly supervisory and does not permit reappreciation of evidence or substitution of findings.

Justice JC Doshi clarified that the High Court can interfere only in cases of manifest legal or jurisdictional error that is apparent on the record.

The provision is not a second appeal and is meant to ensure quick finality of rent disputes by limiting interference with concurrent factual findings.

[Shantaben v. Vinubhai Gandabhai Patel]