SC Reaffirms Ashoka Marketing Position on Public Premises Act Supremacy

Life Insurance Corporation of India & Anr. Vs Vita (Supreme Court of India) Rent Control Cannot Override Sovereign Title: Public Premises Act Gets Full Supremacy, Rules SC According to the document dated 11 December 2025, the Supreme Court settles a long-pending conflict regarding the overriding effect of the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 (PP Act) over various State Rent Control Acts, especially in cases where premises were let out before they became “public premises”. The Court holds that: 1. The earlier two-Judge Bench ruling in Suhas H. Pophale was i...