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Transfer of Property Act, 1882 · Chapter V: Of Leases of Immoveable Property

Section 114: Relief against forfeiture for non-payment of rent

In plain words

If a lease is forfeited for non-payment of rent and the landlord sues for eviction, the court can relieve the tenant from forfeiture if, at the hearing, the tenant pays the arrears with interest and full costs, or gives security to pay within fifteen days.

  • The tenant then holds the property as if there had been no forfeiture.

A simplified explanation, prepared with AI assistance from the official text below and checked automatically against it for numbers and cross-references. The official text is the law and prevails over this summary. Not legal advice.

Official text

Where a lease of immoveable property has determined by forfeiture for non-payment of rent, and the lessor sues to eject the lessee, if, at the hearing of the suit, the lessee pays or tenders to the lessor the rent in arrear, together with interest thereon and his full costs of the suit, or gives such security as the Court thinks sufficient for making such payment within fifteen days, the Court may, in lieu of making a decree for ejectment, pass an order relieving the lessee against the forfeiture; and thereupon the lessee shall hold the property leased as if the forfeiture had not occurred.

Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.

Supreme Court judgments citing the section 114