Rent and Eviction -- Bona fide need - Adjudication of bonafide need should be done as on date of filing of eviction suit, unless some subsequent event materially changes the ground of relief...........
Rent and Eviction -- Bona fide need - Defendants denied the bona fide need of plaintiffs in their affidavit - Said affidavit by itself could not have been the sole basis for coming to a conclusion that plaintiffs did not have bonafide need of the suit premises without examining material on record...........
Rent and Eviction -- Bona fide need - Trial Court had passed a decree for eviction on the basis of evidence on record which was reversed by Appellate Court - It was therefore necessary for High Court to have taken into consideration the entire material available on record including affidavit of defendant which denied bona fide need of plaintiffs - Thus, by failing to do..........
Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Section 106 -- Eviction suit - Plaintiff is owner of premises and defendant was permitted to use the same - Cheque issued towards rent demonstrates that one cheque was dishonoured and that rent for a period of 44 months remained unpaid, which led to issuance of legal notice - Legal notice issued to defendant reflects that rent was not paid..........
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, Section 142(3), Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151 -- Eviction petition - Re-examination of landlord - Opportunity sought to give an explanation to a question put in cross examination - If explanation comes on record, it will not prejudice tenant but it will subserve the ends of justice and will also help Rent Controller in disposing..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 9, Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Restoration of suit - Dismissed in default - Condonation of delay - Eviction suit - Delay in question cannot be held to be fatal or prolonged - There was a slight delay, which has been satisfactorily explained by plaintiffs - Important questions of law and facts are involved in the suit and..........
Rent and Eviction -- Bona fide need - Non residential accommodation - Tenant proposing alternative accommodation cannot dictate landlord to accept suitability of the accommodation and to nullify the need by having other premises...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 10 -- Stay of subsequent suit - Petitioners have instituted two civil suits seeking specific performance of distinct agreement to sell pertaining to two separate portions of property in question - Whereas respondents during pendency of said suits seeking possession of same premises filed eviction petition before Rent Tribunal - Questions..........
Rent and Eviction -- Fixation of rent - Challenge as to - Lessee challenged the fixation of fair rent but did not seek a stay of its operation before appellate or revisional fora - Mere filing of an appeal does not operate as a stay of decree/order under appeal is the statutory ordainment in O.41.R.5 CPC - Payments were made belatedly and only after protracted litigation..........
Rent and Eviction -- Finality of a judicial decision - Judicial decision attains finality if immediate next superior forum is not approached by the party suffering the decree/order of the Court seized of the lis - However, finality of a judicial decision would have no applicability in a situation where a party, despite owing money (unpaid rent, here) to his adversary in..........
