Delhi Rent Control Act

The landlord filed a suit for eviction and recovery of rent arrears against the tenant, which was transferred from the Delhi High Court to the Additional District Judge after a jurisdictional amendment. The tenant received notice of an interlocutory application and the scheduled hearing date of 15 July 2004 but failed …

M/s Band Box Private Ltd had been in possession of premises at 18/90 Connaught Circus since 26 March 1952. Punjab & Sind Bank acquired the property on 31 December 1978 and served a notice under Section 106 of the Transfer of Property Act on 15 November 1999, seeking eviction under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unaut…

The appellants, long‑time licence‑holders of shops on railway property in Old Delhi, were served a 1980 notice increasing licence fees from Rs.21 to Rs.270 per square yard and, after representations, a 1987 order making the increase retrospective from 1‑Nov‑1980. They challenged the increase as excessive and contrary t…

The landlord, Pushkar Singh, filed an eviction petition under Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act claiming a bonafide requirement for his family and seeking possession of a flat let to the tenant, Ansuiya, since 1990. The Additional Rent Controller allowed the petition, holding that the landlord could not be…

The appellant, Sobha Singh & Sons Pvt Ltd, a landlord, obtained a consent order on 1 June 2012 in a suit for eviction of the respondent, the legal representative of the deceased tenant. The respondent failed to vacate the suit house despite extensions and the appellant filed an execution petition. The respondent challe…

The landlady served a notice on the tenant on 14‑December‑1973 demanding payment of "damages for use and occupation" at a rate equal to the agreed rent, stating that the tenancy had terminated and the tenant had become a statutory tenant. The tenant failed to pay within two months, later sending a money‑order which the…

The Union of India sought to set aside an arbitration award that granted damages to Mis. Banwari Lal & Sons for the use of a commercial property requisitioned under the Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1952. The Act lapsed on 10‑Mar‑1987, after which the Court permitted the Union to remain in p…

The landlord (appellant) had a lease with Laxmi Bank, which was declared the real tenant in a 1948 suit. After the bank was wound up, the Official Liquidator sold the tenancy rights to respondent No.1, who took possession in February 1961. The landlord obtained a decree for eviction of the bank on 31 July 1961, and res…

The appellant, a land‑lady, owned a house in Vasant Vihar and repeatedly let it out to the respondent, a judicial officer, for limited periods after obtaining permission under Section 21 of the Delhi Rent Control Act. After the last two‑year tenancy expired in April 1982, the respondent refused to vacate, and the appel…

The respondent, Ganga Singh, first obtained an injunction against M.P. Jain and the Municipal Corporation and later filed a suit under Section 6 of the Specific Relief Act seeking possession of a tuck‑shop premises. The trial court, despite finding that the respondent was not a tenant of the appellant or his predecesso…

The tenant Kewal Singh occupied premises under a lease when the landlord Lajwanti filed an eviction suit under the Delhi Rent Control Act invoking sections 14A(1), 14(1)(e) and 14(1)(f). She later withdrew the bonafide necessity and repair grounds, then amended the suit to re‑insert the 14(1)(e) ground. The tenant chal…