S. RAVINDRA BHAT

1. This common judgment will dispose of two connected appeals, i.e FAO No. 367/2013, (where the defendant complains that the application for rejection of the respondent’s plaint in the suit - I.A. No. 5932/2013 in CS (OS) 3559/2012- was wrongly dismissed) and FAO(OS) 420/2013, (where the ad-interim injunction claimed in I.A. No. 1035/2013 in the said suit was granted). The application for rejection of plaint was dismissed by order dated 08.07.2013 and the temporary injunction was granted by an order dated 06.08.2013.

2. The factual matrix within which the present dispute arises is as follows. Since 1948, one Shri Chaman Lal, and his brother, Shri Swaran Lal’s family had been living at 12, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi (hereafter the demised premises) as tenants. After the latter’s death, his family members continued in possession of the premises and his widow, the respondent in the present matter has been paying rent to the landlord. Subsequently even after Shri Chaman Lal moved away, and his children were married, the plaintiff continued to reside in the demised premises. In December 2012, the premises were sold by the erstwhile owners to the appellan