CRP No. 4116 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 23-07-2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE ABDUL QUDDHOSE CRP No. 4116 of 2026 and CMP No. 18007 of 2026 1. M.Razia Begom @ Rashiya Begum W/o Mohamed Ali, Shop No.2, GR.Floor, Asoke Mansion, No.21/2, Station Road, West Mambalam, Chennai- 600 033. Petitioner(s) Vs 1. Usha Jothiprasad W/o V.Jothi Prasad, F-124, 6th Street, Anna Nagar East, Chennai- 600 102. Respondent(s) PRAYER Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India to set aside the M.P.No.1/2026 dated 28.04.2026 rendered in R.L.T.O.P.No.36 of 2026 on the file of the XVI Small Cause Court, Chennai and pass such further or other orders as this Honble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case and thus render justice. For Petitioner(s): Mr. A.S.Mujibur Rahman For Respondent(s): Notice dispensed with ORDER This Civil Revision Petition has been filed, challenging the impugned order dated 28.04.2026 passed by the XVI Court of Small Causes, Chennai, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRP No. 4116 of 2026 in M.P. No. 1 of 2026 in R.L.T.O.P. No. 36 of 2026. 2. In the aforesaid order, the application filed by the petitioner, who is the tenant under the respondent, seeking leave of the Rent Court to cross- examine the respondent/landlord, has been dismissed. 3. The Rent Court, while dismissing the application, has taken into consideration the fact that when the landlord-tenant relationship has been admitted by the petitioner, who is the tenant, there is no scope for cross- examination as held in the decision rendered by this Court in J. Thennarasu Vs. Anitha Nalliah, C.R.P. (PD) No.2532 of 2021. The proceedings under the Act, 2017, are summary proceedings. 4. When the Act provides for speedy disposal of landlord-tenant disputes, the question of entertaining this Civil Revision Petition, challenging the impugned order, rejecting the petitioner's request for cross-examination of the respondent/landlord does not arise. When the landlord-tenant relationship has been admitted by the petitioner, and when the relief of cross- examination is a discretionary relief vested with the Rent Court, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the impugned order. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRP No. 4116 of 2026 5. Since there is no merit in this Civil Revision Petition, this Civil Revision Petition is dismissed. No Costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed. 6. Since no adverse orders are passed against the respondent, notice to the respondent is dispensed with by this Court. 23-07-2026 Index:Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Internet:Yes Neutral Citation:Yes/No ab To The XVI Small Causes Court, Chennai. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRP No. 4116 of 2026 ABDUL QUDDHOSE J. ab CRP No. 4116 of 2026 and CMP No. 18007 of 2026 23-07-2026 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis