ADDISSERY RAGHAVAN versus CHERUVALATH KRISHNADASAN

ADDISSERY RAGHAVAN versus CHERUVALATH KRISHNADASAN

The High Court exceeded its revisional jurisdiction by reappreciating evidence and substituting its own factual conclusions for those of the Rent Control Appellate Authority; the Appellate Authority’s findings — that the Commissioner’s Report and the Building Tax Assessment Register showed vacant rooms in the...

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Parties
Appellant: Addissery Raghavan; Respondent: Cheruvalath Krishnadasan
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
08 June 2020
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Appeal From High Court Judgment and Order Dated 25.07.2017 in Rcrev. Nos. 377 378 of 2016 (revision Under Section 20 Kerala Rent Control Act)
Outcome
Appeals allowed; High Court judgment set aside and the Appellate Authority's judgment restored.
Legal Topics
Section 11(8) Kerala Building (lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965, Section 20 Revisional Jurisdiction, Bonafide Requirement for Additional Accommodation, Comparative Hardship, Admissibility of Commissioner’s Report and Building Tax Assessment Register
Rent Control Civil Revision Landlord and Tenant Law Section 11(8) Kerala Building (lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965 Section 20 Revisional Jurisdiction Bonafide Requirement for Additional Accommodation Comparative Hardship Admissibility of Commissioner’s Report and Building Tax Assessment Register

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Parties

Addissery Raghavan

Appellant

Cheruvalath Krishnadasan

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Civil Appeal / Appeal From High Court Judgment and Order Dated 25.07.2017 in Rcrev. Nos. 377 378 of 2016 (revision Under Section 20 Kerala Rent Control Act)

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the High Court in revision under Section 20 could reappreciate evidence and substitute its own findings of fact for those of the Rent Control Appellate Authority
  2. 2 Whether the Appellate Authority was justified in relying on the Commissioner’s Report and Building Tax Assessment Register to hold that the landlord had vacant rooms and thus no bona fide requirement under Section 11(8)
  3. 3 Whether the tenant was in possession of another room leased by his mother-in-law such that eviction would not cause hardship

Ratio Decidendi

The High Court exceeded its revisional jurisdiction by reappreciating evidence and substituting its own factual conclusions for those of the Rent Control Appellate Authority; the Appellate Authority’s findings — that the Commissioner’s Report and the Building Tax Assessment Register showed vacant rooms in the landlord’s possession, that the tenant was not in possession of the mother-in-law’s room except for temporary storage, and that comparative hardship favored the tenant — were not perverse and ought not to have been disturbed; accordingly the High Court’s judgment was set aside and the Appellate Authority’s judgment restored.

Court Disposition

Appeals allowed; High Court judgment set aside and the Appellate Authority's judgment restored.

Orders

  • High Court judgment and order dated 25.07.2017 in RCRev. Nos. 377-378 of 2016 is set aside
  • Judgment of the Rent Control Appellate Authority dated 30.01.2016 is restored