BD Khanna Publicity vs Jalveen Rosha

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DELHI HIGH COURT
C.HARI SHANKAR
BD Khanna Publicity – Appellant
Versus
Jalveen Rosha – Respondent

Table of Content
1. factual background of eviction petitions. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4)
2. arguments regarding entitlement to deposit rent. (Para 5 , 31 , 35)
3. court's observations on statutory provisions. (Para 6 , 7 , 8 , 14)
4. clarification of ratios and interpretations. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 39 , 40)
5. conclusion on the applications and directions. (Para 112 , 113 , 114 , 115 , 116)

JUDGMENT

1. Jalveen Rosha ("Jalveen", hereinafter), claiming to be the owner and landlord of C-10, Defence Colony, New Delhi-110048 ("the suit property"), filed a petition under clause (a) of the proviso to Section 14(1)¹ of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1957 ("the DRC Act"), seeking to evict M/s B.D. Khanna Publicity (the tenant in the first floor of the suit property and referred to, hereinafter, as "Khanna", for the sake of convenience) from the premises in its occupation. The said Eviction Petition is presently pending before the learned Additional Rent Controller ("the learned ARC"). It does not seriously concern us.

Facts

2. The present petition emanates from three petitions, DR 53/2020, DR 61/2020 and DR 67/2020, filed by Khanna before the learned ARC under Section 27(1)² of the DRC Act. The lear