DEEP CHANDRA JUNEJA versus SMT. LAJWANTI KATHURIA (DEAD) THROUGH LRS.

DEEP CHANDRA JUNEJA versus SMT. LAJWANTI KATHURIA (DEAD) THROUGH LRS.

The concurrent findings of the prescribed authority, appellate authority, and High Court established that the landlord's need for additional accommodation was bona fide, that the appellant-tenant and his family had alternate accommodation, and that comparative hardship favored the landlord. No legal or jurisdictional error was shown requiring interference under Article 136 of the Constitution.

Parties
Appellant Tenant: Deep Chandra Juneja; Respondent Landlady: Smt. Lajwanti Kathuria (dead) through LRs.
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
10 July 2008
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Final Supreme Court Appellate Judgment
Outcome
Appeal dismissed.
Legal Topics
Bona Fide Requirement, Release Application, Eviction of Tenant, Comparative Hardship, Concurrent Findings, Rule 16 Rent Rules
Rent Control Property Law Bona Fide Requirement Release Application Eviction of Tenant Comparative Hardship Concurrent Findings Rule 16 Rent Rules

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Parties

Deep Chandra Juneja

Appellant Tenant

Smt. Lajwanti Kathuria (dead) through LRs.

Respondent Landlady

Procedural Posture

Civil Appeal / Final Supreme Court Appellate Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the release application made by the landlady under s. 21(1)(a) of the U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 was bona fide and justified
  2. 2 Whether concurrent findings of facts by the authorities below on the landlord's need and comparative hardship required interference by the Supreme Court
  3. 3 Whether the length of tenancy and application of Rule 16 of the U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Rules, 1972 precluded the grant of eviction

Ratio Decidendi

The concurrent findings of the prescribed authority, appellate authority, and High Court established that the landlord's need for additional accommodation was bona fide, that the appellant-tenant and his family had alternate accommodation, and that comparative hardship favored the landlord. No legal or jurisdictional error was shown requiring interference under Article 136 of the Constitution.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed.

Orders

  • Premises to be vacated by 30.06.2009, subject to undertaking being filed by the appellant-tenant within four weeks to deliver vacant possession by that date.
  • No order as to costs.