Right To Reasonable Accommodation to A Tenant: Legal Discourse with Reference to Chhattisgarh Rent Control Act 2011

The Chhattisgarh Rent Control Act 2011 has been enacted in order to protect the interests of landlord and tenant both in respect of the rent premises, to secure payment of rent, to ensure safe custody of the tenanted property and to protect the ownership rights of the landlord amongst other rights. It provides rights and obligations of the landlord and its tenants from its Schedule I to IV. This paper endeavours to contemplate the constitutionality of right of the landlord to evict a tenant on mere conviction for an offence and in order to ensure right to a reasonable accommodation to the tenant. This paper is purely doctrinal in nature. In my opinion, the provisions related to eviction of a tenant in case of conviction for an offence needs review in order to ensure protection of rights of tenant in the light of legal jurisprudence.