Jammu and Kashmir Houses and Shops Rent Control Act, 1966

The land in question was originally granted by the Government of Jammu & Kashmir to Attar Chand as a long lease, making him the Wasidar. His son Guranditta Mal inherited the lease and, in 1954, sub‑leased the land to Raghunath Dass without government permission. Indra Devi, Guranditta's widow and successor‑in‑title, su…

Mehmooda Gulshan, a deserted and unemployed landlord, filed a suit to evict tenant Javaid Hussain Mungloo from premises let in 1997, claiming she needed the property for her unemployed son to start a business. The trial court found a genuine need and granted eviction, but the High Court reversed, holding that the landl…

Delhi Cloth & General Mills Ltd., a tenant, sought protection under the Jammu and Kashmir Houses and Shops Rent Control Act, 1966, but was denied because its annual net income exceeded Rs 40,000, triggering clause (iii) of Section 1(3). The tenant challenged the clause as violative of Article 14, alleging arbitrary dis…