On the commencement of the Act, all cases or proceedings in execution of any decree pending in Courts under the Jammu and Kashmir Houses and Shops Rent Control Act, 1966 shall stand transferred to the Rent Controller or Appellate Rent Tribunal specified under the Act and the concerned Rent Controller or the Appellate Rent Tribunal, as the case may be, shall proceed to hear such cases either de-novo or from the stage it was at the time of such transfer.
CHAPTER VII Miscellaneous
Section 39: Transfer of pending cases
The Jammu and Kashmir (Residential and Commercial Tenancy) Act, 2012 (repealed)
Repealed in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir from 15 February 2026 by section 47(1) of the Jammu and Kashmir Tenancy Act, 2025 (Act No. IV of 2025), which reads "The Jammu and Kashmir Residential and Commercial Tenancy) Act, 2012 which is in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, is hereby repealed", with pending cases saved by section 47(2).
How current this text is
Text as adapted by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of State Laws) Order, 2020 (S.O. 1229(E), 31 March 2020), as published by India Code for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Kept for reference only: the Act was repealed from 15 February 2026 by the Jammu and Kashmir Tenancy Act, 2025, and applies now only to cases pending at that date under section 47(2) of that Act.