JUDGMENT

Najmi Waziri, J. (ORAL)--The hearing was conducted through video conferencing.

1. Issue notice. Notice is accepted on behalf of the respondent. At joint request of the learned counsel for the parties, the petition is taken up for disposal.

2. The learned Rent Controller's order dated 08.01.2021 apropos eviction of the petitioner-tenant from the rented premises, is impugned on the ground that it has erred in law.

3. The leave to defend had raised various contentions. Primarily they are as follows: (i) it is not proven that the son was financially dependent upon his mother - the landlady, (ii) there were suitable alternate spaces available to her, in which her son could be accommodated, (iii) the tenanted premises could not be used for the activities proposed by the son under the Municipal Laws, (iv) the property above the tenanted premises was a