In any proceedings for recovery of possession on any ground other than that referred to in clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 21, where the tenant contests the claim for eviction, the landlord may at any stage of the proceedings apply to the Rent Court to direct the tenant to pay him the rent payable, as under section 8, and the Rent Court may order the tenant to make such payment and all other charges due from the tenant along with penal charges, if any, due to delay in payment, in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 14.
CHAPTER V EVICTION AND RECOVERY OF POSSESSION OF PREMISES BY LANDLORD
Section 25: Payment of rent during eviction proceedings
The Jammu and Kashmir Tenancy Act, 2025
How current this text is
Text as enacted, published in the Jammu and Kashmir Official Gazette (Extraordinary) of 1 November 2025 and made available by India Code; no amending Act has been found.
The Act came into force on 15 February 2026, the date appointed under section 1(3) by S.O. 31 of 9 February 2026 of the Housing and Urban Development Department.
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