Chandigarh, May 30 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) on Friday stayed the UT administration's May 6 notification adopting the Assam Tenancy Act, 2021.

Notified by the Ministry of Home Affairs under Section 87 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, through a gazette notification issued by the UT, the new law had introduced stringent penalties for tenants overstaying beyond the tenancy period, caps on security deposits, mandatory written agreements clearly defining the rights and duties of landlords and tenants, and a three-tier adjudication mechanism comprising the Rent Authority, Rent Court and Rent Tribunal for resolving disputes if any.

While hearing petitions from the HC Bar association and district Bar association, bench of...