Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987

The landlord, Haridas Sharma, sought eviction of the tenants under Section 14 of the Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987, claiming a bona‑fide need for the building to be rebuilt. The Rent Controller and the Appellate Authority upheld the eviction, but the High Court, relying on Harrington House School v. S.M…

The landlord, Madho Parshad Vaidya, sought eviction of tenant Kala Devi under Section 14(2)(ii) of the Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987, alleging that she had sublet the shop to Ravinder Kapur. The trial court found no evidence of subletting, holding that Kapur was merely a manager and that Kala retained p…

The landlord, Madho Parshad Vaidya, filed an eviction petition under Section 14(2)(ii) of the Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987, alleging that tenant Kala Devi had sublet her shop to Ravinder Kapur. The trial court found no evidence of subletting and held that the tenant retained possession, dismissing the …

The appellant, a government servant, was allotted a government residential accommodation and was a tenant of a residential building owned by the respondent landlord. The landlord invoked Section 14(3)(a)(iv) of the Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987 to obtain possession, arguing that the tenant was liable fo…

The landlord, Jagat Pal Dhawan, filed a suit under Section 14(3)(c) of the Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987 seeking eviction of his tenant, Kahan Singh, on the ground that the over‑100‑year‑old building was required bona‑fide for reconstruction into a modern three‑storeyed house. The trial court and the Hi…

The landlord filed an eviction petition under Section 14(3)(c) of the Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987, claiming the tenant defaulted on rent and that the premises were needed bona fide for building or rebuilding. The Rent Controller dismissed the petition for lack of evidence about the building's conditio…

The landlords (Madan Mohan and another) sought eviction of tenant Krishan Kumar Sood under the Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987 for non‑payment of rent. The Rent Controller ordered eviction on 29 July 1986, allowing the tenant 30 days to pay the "amount due". The tenant deposited Rs 8,500, which the landlo…

The appellant, Surinder Singh Sibia, owned a house in Himachal Pradesh where he occupied the first floor and let the second floor to a judge. The entire house was later requisitioned for the judge's use under the Himachal Pradesh Requisition and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1972, and the appellant did not fil…

The appellant, a landlord, owned a building in Shimla and initially evicted the tenant from the first floor in 1984. By a 1986 compromise the tenant vacated the first floor and took the ground floor. In 1993 the landlord, citing his wife's relocation and his child's education, sought eviction of the tenant from the gro…

The appellants, Kailash Chand and Nokha Ram, owned a two‑storeyed building in Shimla and sought eviction of their tenant, Dharm Dass, under Section 14(3)(a)(i) of the Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987, claiming a bona‑fide requirement for his own occupation. An eviction order was initially granted, but duri…