U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Rules, 1972

The tenant applied for allotment of a shop after the sole occupying co‑owner vacated it. The Rent Controller allotted the shop to the tenant, but a non‑occupant co‑owner (a landlord) filed a review application under section 16(5) of the U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, within 2…

The mother of the respondents, as landlord, filed an eviction petition under Section 21(1)(a) of the U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, seeking to recover a shop on the ground of bona‑fide requirement for her grandson's business. The trial court dismissed the petition; the Rent C…

The landlady Sushila purchased a shop in 1977 and sought its eviction under Section 21(1)(a) of the U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, to accommodate her married, unemployed son Prem Prakash who had an electrical‑wiring certificate and wanted to start a business. The tenant, Baij…

The appellant, a 76‑year‑old widow, sought to retain a shop that had been occupied by her deceased husband for over 50 years, claiming she needed it for her livelihood. The respondent, a retired army officer drawing a modest pension, applied to the Chief Judicial Magistrate for release of the same shop under Section 21…

Mauji Ram Gupta owned a two‑storey house; the ground floor was occupied by him and the first floor became vacant. He applied for release of the vacant floor under s.16 of the U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, but the application was rejected and the floor was allotted to various…

The landlords, Mohd. Ayub & Anr., sought eviction of tenant Mukesh Chand under Section 21 of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, claiming a bona‑fide need for the premises for their unemployed sons. The lower authorities dismissed the application, relying on the landlords' …

The tenant A.C. Duti challenged the order of the Appellate Authority that allowed the landlord to recover possession of the ground floor of a three‑storey house on the ground of the landlord's own requirement. The landlord had previously applied for eviction in 1967 under the 1947 Rent Act, which was rejected, and agai…