Created by Fuzzy Cloud

Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972

52 judgments · newest first · showing 1–52

MOHAMMAD NAFISversusSMT KAMALA DEVI DIED AND ANOTHER

The petitioner, a landlord, filed a petition under Article 227 seeking a direction to the Civil Judge (Senior Division) in Kanpur Nagar to decide a pending rent case (Rent Case No. 09 of 2012) within a stipulated period. The petitioner alleged undue hardship due to repeated adjournments since the …

PRAKASH BHALOTIA (D) THR HIS LRSversusINDRA CHANDRA GOYAL (D) THRU. LRS

[2024] 9 S.C.R. 988Appeal(s) allowed

The landlord owned Shop No. 4 in Gorakhpur and leased it to the tenant on a five‑year fixed tenancy starting 1 July 1985, with a clause for rent increase upon consent after expiry. After the tenancy ended on 30 June 1990, the tenant remained in possession without a renewed lease and failed to pay …

MEERA DEVI (D) THR. LR.versusDINESH CHANDRA JOSHI (D) THR. LRS.

2024 INSC 725Appeal(s) allowed

Meera Devi, the owner of a house in Jhansi, filed an eviction suit against tenant Dinesh Chandra Joshi for non-payment of rent. The trial court ordered eviction and payment of compensation, but the High Court later set aside the suit. During the pendency of the appeal, the Supreme Court directed the …

MAN SINGHversusSHAMIM AHMED (DEAD) THR. LRS

2023 INSC 323Dismissed

Man Singh, a tenant of a shop in Saharanpur, paid a rent of Rs.250 per month. When the landlord refused to accept the rent, the tenant deposited the rent in the court under Section 30 of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972. The landlord later served …

GEETA GUPTAversusRAMESH CHANDRA DWIVEDI & ORS.

2021 INSC 500Dismissed

Geeta Gupta purchased a property in 1994 that had been let to Ramesh Chandra Dwivedi since 1975 under an agreement with Dhruv Narayan Tripathi, who claimed power of attorney from the original owners. The second respondent applied under Section 16 of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of …

MOHD. INAMversusSANJAY KUMAR SINGHAL & ORS.

2020 INSC 445Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant, Mohd. Inam, challenged a vacancy declaration made by the Rent Control and Eviction Officer under Section 12(1)(b) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, alleging that only his family members occupied the premises and therefore the …

HARBHAJAN SINGH ETCversusSTATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

2019 INSC 1315Dismissed

The appellants, tenants of shops in a Gurudwara, challenged the Punjab Religious Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1997 on the ground that it withdrew the protection afforded to them under the East Punjab Urban Rent Restrictions Act, 1949 and violated Article 14. The Supreme Court …

DEEPAK TANDON & ANR.versusRAJESH KUMAR GUPTA

2019 INSC 159Appeal(s) allowed

The appellants, owners of a house in Allahabad, filed an eviction application under Section 21(1)(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, claiming a bona‑fide need to use the premises for their own commercial business. The Prescribed Authority …

DR. H. K. SHARMAversusSHRI RAM LAL

2019 INSC 100Dismissed

The landlord, Shri Ram Lal, let a portion of his house to Dr. H.K. Sharma under a tenancy agreement dated 22 July 1985. In 2008 the landlord filed an eviction application under Section 21(1)(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, claiming …

SMT. SUDAMA DEVI & ORS.versusVIJAY NATH GUPTA & ANR.

2018 INSC 350Dismissed

The landlord filed an eviction suit under Section 20(2)(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 for non‑payment of rent. The trial court and the revisional court decreed eviction. The tenant appealed, contending that he was entitled to the relief …

SMT. SYED SUGARA ZAIDIversusLAEEQ AHMAD (DEAD) THROUGH LRS. & ORS.

2017 INSC 1193Case Allowed

The appellant-landlord filed an eviction suit against the respondents-tenants after the ten‑year lease expired and no fresh lease was executed. The tenants continued in possession, constructed shops and sub‑let the premises to a third party, and the landlord alleged defaults in rent and municipal …

HARKESH CHANDversusKRISHAN GOPAL MEHTA & ORS.

2017 INSC 128

The appellant, a tenant of a small shop in Doiwala, Dehradun, received a notice of termination under Section 106 of the Transfer of Property Act on 19 September 1972 and the landlord filed an eviction suit on 1 October 1972. The issue was whether the tenancy was protected by the United Provinces …

NIDHIversusRAM KRIPAL SHARMA (D) THROUGH LRS.

2017 INSC 113Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant, Nidhi, the owner of a non‑residential building, sought possession of the premises under Section 21(1)(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, claiming a bona‑fide requirement to house her ailing grandparents and her younger sister. …

GULSHERA KHANAMversusAFTAB AHMAD

2016 INSC 919Appeal(s) allowed

Gulshera Khanam, the landlady of a shop, sought eviction of tenant Aftab Ahmad on the ground that her married daughter, a co‑owner of the building, needed the adjacent shop to expand her medical clinic. The lower authorities held that the daughter, as a female with a legal right of residence, fell …

ANIL KALRAversusJ.D. PANDEY AND OTHERS

2015 INSC 710Disposed off

The case concerned a century‑old building in Lucknow covered by the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972. The landlord, Anil Kalra, obtained a release order under s.16(1)(b) for demolition, but several occupants, allegedly placed by the respondents …

SAMAR PAL SINGHversusCHITRANJAN SINGH

2015 INSC 699Appeal(s) allowed

The landlord, Samar Pal Singh, sued his tenant, Chitranjan Singh, for eviction and arrears of rent under the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972. The tenant deposited the full arrears with interest and costs, invoking protection under Section 20(4) of …

KULDEEP KUMAR DUBEY & ORS.versusRAMESH CHANDRA GOYAL (D) TH LRS.

2015 INSC 60Appeal(s) allowed

The father of the appellants, Raj Kumar, owned a shop that was let to the respondent. After Raj Kumar’s death, his brother Shiv Kumar filed an eviction suit, and upon Shiv’s death his sons Kuldeep Kumar and Pradeep Kumar were substituted as plaintiffs as heirs. The trial court decreed eviction in …

SRI SIDHHARTH VIYAS &ANR.versusRAVI NATH MISRA & ORS.

2014 INSC 805Appeal(s) allowed

The Supreme Court examined whether Section 12(3) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, which deems a tenancy vacant when the tenant or a family member acquires another residential building, applies when such acquisition occurs before the Act …

KRISHNA KUMAR RASTOGIversusSUMITRA DEVI

2014 INSC 550Appeal(s) allowed

The landlord, Krishna Kumar Rastogi, filed an application under Section 21(1)(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 seeking the eviction of tenant Sumitra Devi so that his son could occupy the shop. The Prescribed Authority allowed the …

MOHD. AYUB & ANR.versusMUKESH CHAND

2012 INSC 5Disposed off

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, …

RAM KRISHNA SINGH & ORS.versusTHAKURJI SHIVJI

2010 INSC 682Dismissed

The case concerned a suit for eviction and recovery of arrears of rent under the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972. An ex‑parte decree against the original tenant was set aside after the court found that summons had not been served, and the tenants …

SUNITA RANI & ORS.versusSRI CHAND & ORS

2009 INSC 1031Case Partly allowed

The landlord filed eviction suits against tenants occupying a go‑down, a shop and a kothari. The lower authority dismissed all three suits; on appeal the go‑down was ordered to be evicted while the shop and kothari were retained by the tenants. The landlord then filed writ petitions in the Allahabad …

NIRBHAI KUMARversusMAYA DEVI & ORS.

2009 INSC 393Appeal(s) allowed

The appeal concerned the interpretation of the proviso to Section 21(1)(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972. The appellant, Nirbhai Kumar, argued that the three‑year bar on eviction of a sitting tenant after a change of ownership and the …

SHAMSHAD AHMAD & ORS.versusTILAK RAJ BAJAJ (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. & ORS.

2008 INSC 1032Appeal(s) allowed

The landlords, owners of a shop in Dehradun, sought eviction of the tenant under Section 21(1)(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, claiming a bona‑fide requirement to run a readymade garment business by the retired husband Matloob Ahmad and …

R.K.SHUKLAversusSUDHRIST NARAIN ANAND (DEAD) BY L.RS.

2008 INSC 644Dismissed

The appellant, R.K. Shukla, obtained an allotment of a premises after the Rent Control & Eviction Officer (RC&EO) declared it vacant, despite the landlord Sudhrist Narain Anand (deceased) asserting physical occupation. The landlord challenged the allotment and the vacancy declaration in a writ …

NIYAS AHMAD KHANversusMAHMOOD RAHMAT ULLAH KHAN & ANR.

2008 INSC 584Case Allowed

The tenant's rent was fixed at Rs.150 per month under the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972. The landlords sought eviction on the ground of bonafide requirement, but the eviction petition was dismissed by the prescribed and appellate authorities. The …

SHIV SINGH CHAKversusBABY JAIN

2008 INSC 148Dismissed

The respondent, a landlord, filed an eviction petition under Section 21(1)(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, seeking to recover a non‑residential shop for her husband's motor‑parts business. The appellant, the tenant, contended that he …

YADVENDRA ARYA AND ANR.versusMUKESH KUMAR GUPTA

2007 INSC 1196Dismissed

The landlord, an unemployed graduate, filed an application under Section 21(1)(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, seeking release of a shop he let to tenants so that he could start his own electrical goods business, claiming a bona‑fide …

SHRI MUNDRI LALversusSMT. SUSHILA RANI AND ANR.

2007 INSC 952Dismissed

The tenant, Shri Mundri Lal, challenged an eviction suit filed by his landlord, Smt. Sushila Rani, under the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, contending that the premises were a "new construction" and therefore exempt under Section 2(2) of the Act. …

RISHI KUMAR GOVILversusMAQSOODAN AND ORS.

2007 INSC 345Dismissed

The landlady, Maqsoodan, purchased a shop and filed a release application under Section 21(1)(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, claiming a bonafide need to set up a firearms‑repair business for her son. The prescribed authority allowed …

AJAI AGRAWAL AND ORS.versusHAR GOVIND PRASAD SINGHAL AND ORS.

2005 INSC 548Appeal(s) allowed

The appellants, legal heirs of a tenant, challenged a suit for recovery of arrears and eviction filed by the landlord who claimed periodic rent enhancements to Rs 200 and Rs 400 per month after the tenant carried out improvements. The lower courts had accepted the landlord's oral agreement for such …

ACHAL MISRAversusRAMA SHANKER SINGH AND ORS.

2005 INSC 196Appeal(s) allowed

The landlord (Achal Misra) sought to set aside orders of allotment of two floors of a building to tenants under the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, arguing that the earlier declaration of vacancy was erroneous and that the High Court erred in …

KEDAR NATH AGRAWAL (DEAD) AND ANR.versusDHANRAJI DEVI (DEAD) BY LRS. AND ANR.

2004 INSC 601Case Partly allowed

The landlords applied under Section 21(1)(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 for eviction of a shop occupied by the tenant, claiming a bona‑fide requirement. The Prescribed Authority, the District Judge and the High Court all upheld the …

NUTAN KUMAR AND ORS.versusIIND ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE AND ORS.

2002 INSC 412Disposed off

The appellant landlord filed an ejectment suit under the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 for non‑payment of rent. The trial court dismissed the suit, holding that the lease was entered into in contravention of the Act and therefore void. The …

JOGINDER PALversusNAVAL KISHORE BEHAL

2002 INSC 280Dismissed

The landlord, Joginder Pal, filed an eviction petition under Section 13(3)(a)(ii) of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, claiming the premises were needed for the office of his chartered‑accountant son. The tenant, Naval Kishore Behal, occupied the premises for non‑residential purposes …

RAM NARAYAN SHARMAversusSHAKUNTALA GAUR

2002 INSC 241Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant, Ram Narayan Sharma, applied for allotment of a vacant premises under Section 16(1)(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972. The landlord died, his heirs were substituted, and an allotment order was made, allowing the appellant to …

G.C.KAPOORversusNAND KUMAR BHASIN AND ORS.

2001 INSC 574Appeal(s) allowed

The landlord, G.C. Kapoor, let a premises to a tenant when his son Rohit was a minor. After Rohit obtained a post‑graduate diploma in computer science, the landlord filed an eviction petition under Section 21(1)(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, …

ASHOK KUMAR AND ORS.versusSITA RAM

2001 INSC 219Appeal(s) allowed

The landlord sought eviction of the tenants under Section 21(1)(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, claiming a bona‑fide need for the shop to start his son’s business. The Prescribed Authority accepted the claim and ordered eviction with …

R.K. PARASHERversusDINESH KUMAR AND ORS.

2000 INSC 136Case Partly allowed

The appellant, Dr. R.K. Parashar, was allotted Shop No.123‑A by the Rent Control and Eviction Officer, a decision later upheld by the Additional District Judge. Respondent No.1, Dinesh Kumar, who had earlier attempted to regularise his occupation of the same shop through applications under Rule …

SUDERSHAN DEVI AND ANR.versusSUSHILA DEVI AND ANR.

1999 INSC 448Dismissed

The landlord Sushila Devi filed an eviction suit under Section 20(4) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, alleging that the tenant had defaulted in rent for 33 months. The summons fixed the first hearing for 22‑Feb‑1990, but the tenant, who died …

RAMESH CHANDversusPRESCRIBED AUTHORITY & ANR.

1989 INSC 212Appeal(s) allowed

The tenant Ramesh Chand sought to enforce the landlord's promise to provide a new shop at reasonable rent and alternative accommodation after demolition of the existing premises. The landlord had obtained permission to file an eviction suit under the 1947 U.P. Rent Act, giving an …

BRIJ SUNDER KAPOOR ETC. ETC.versusIST ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE & ORS.

1988 INSC 327Dismissed

The Supreme Court examined whether the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 (Act 13) applies to cantonment areas in Uttar Pradesh and whether the Central Government’s notifications of 1 Sept 1973 and 17 Feb 1982, issued under the Cantonments (Extension …

BANARSI LALversusSMT. SAGHIRAN BEGUM

1988 INSC 128Appeal(s) allowed

The landlord obtained a decree for eviction of the tenant's shop, with the trial court ordering each party to bear its own costs. While the appeal was pending, the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 came into force, requiring a tenant to deposit the …

SMT. VIJAY LAXMI GANGALversusMAHENDRA PRATAP GRAG

1985 INSC 130Dismissed

The appellant-landlady sued the respondent-tenant for possession of a premises, alleging arrears of rent of Rs.3,960 at a rate of Rs.360 per month and that the property fell within the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972. The tenant contended the rent …

MOHD. AZEEMversusDISTRICT JUDGE, ALIGARH AND ORS.

1985 INSC 101Case Allowed

Manzoor Hussain, a tenant of a residential premises in Aligarh, died in 1969 leaving a widow, three sons and a daughter who continued to occupy the premises and pay rent. One son, Nairn, built a separate house in the same city in 1978‑80. The Prescribed Authority, relying on section 12(3) of the …

GANPAT ROY AND OTHERS ETC.versusTHE ADDITIONAL DISTRICT MAGISTRATE AND OTHERS ETC.

1985 INSC 62Appeal(s) allowed

The Supreme Court examined two civil appeals filed by tenants (Ganpat Roy and others) who challenged orders notifying a "deemed vacancy" of their non‑residential premises under Section 12(2) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972. The tenants argued …

SMT. BIMLA DEVI ETC.versus1ST ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE AND OTHERS ETC.

1984 INSC 68Appeal(s) allowed

The Supreme Court considered two appeals filed by Bimla Devi, a landlord, seeking eviction of her tenant from the remaining portion of a house she partially occupied. The central issue was the interpretation of Explanation (iv) to Section 21(1)(b) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of …

VINEET KUMARversusMANGAL SAIN WADHERE

1984 INSC 6Appeal(s) allowed

The landlord filed a suit for eviction, arrears of rent and damages against the tenant, alleging that the premises were not covered by the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 because the building was less than ten years old at the time of filing. The …

SHAYAM BABUversusDISTRICT JUDGE, MORADABAD & OTHERS

1983 INSC 197Appeal(s) allowed

The landlords of a shop applied under section 21 of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 for release of the premises for personal use, invoking the fourth proviso which requires consideration of comparative hardship. The shop had been let to Krishan …

ASHOK KUMAR & ORS.versusI ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, NAINITAL & ORS.

1981 INSC 8Appeal(s) allowed

The appellants, landlords of a building occupied by tenant Keshar Singh who ran Hotel Waldrof, obtained a decree for his eviction due to rent default. Anticipating vacancy, they filed an application under Section 16(1)(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and …