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DELHI HIGH COURT
C.HARI SHANKAR
Pradeep Kumar Chhabra – Appellant
Versus
Kumud Sharma @ Karun Sharma – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. eviction petition and subsequent suit details. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 2. court's analysis on maintainability of suit. (Para 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 3. dismissal of petition for lack of merit. (Para 15 , 16) |
1. This petition assails order dated 24th February, 2022 passed by the learned Civil Judge in CS SCJ 756/2020, dismissing the objection raised by the petitioner, as the defendant before the learned Civil Judge under Order XXIII Rule 1(3) read with Order XXIII Rule 1(4) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC).
2. The respondent had filed an eviction petition against the petitioner under Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958. The petitioner, as the respondent in the said eviction petition, contested, in its reply to the eviction petition, the factum of tenancy and claimed that the petitioner was not a tenant of the respondent.
3. The respondent, thereupon, withdrew the eviction petition filed by it and proceeded to file CS SCJ 756/2020, from which the present proceedings emanate. The earlier Eviction Petition No. E-15/19, filed by the respondent against the petitioner under Section 14(1)(e) of the DRC Act assert
A suit is maintainable despite prior withdrawal of an eviction petition if it involves distinct causes of action and statutory provisions, as clarified under CPC.
In eviction proceedings, the question of title is irrelevant; only the landlord-tenant relationship and grounds for eviction matter.
(1) Res Judicata – Whether suit is barred by any law must be determined from statements in plaint and it is not open to decide issue on the basis of any other material including written statement in ....
The Rent Controller cannot condone any delay in filing a leave to defend application, and a corporate entity can maintain an eviction petition for its bona fide need.
Point of law: Interference would be justified only in the event the view taken by the Rent Controller and the Tribunal is entirely arbitrary and perverse or in excess of jurisdiction.
Point of law: The effect of Order XLI Rule 27(1)(b) CPC was considered in recording such observations. It was not an instance with reference to application of Order XLI Rule 27(1)(aa) CPC. This claus....
The court established that the suit could continue with the original plaintiff for the benefit of the new owner, as per Order XXII, Rule 10 of the CPC, despite the sale of the premises to a third par....
In summary eviction proceedings, the landlord need only establish a title better than that claimed by the tenant, and the court must balance the rights of the landlord and the tenant.
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