2007 Supreme(All) 1619

[2007(6) ADJ 22 (NOC)]
ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
BEFORE : S.U. KHAN, J.
CHHOTEY LAL SHUKLA .........Petitioner
Versus
IXth ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, KANPUR NAGAR AND ANOTHER .........Respondents
(Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 43118 of 1999, decided on 22nd May, 2007)

Headnote:(A) Eviction—Sale-deed of accommodation—Right of tenant—Property in question sold to respondent No. 2, by Income Tax Department as landlord failed to pay Income Tax due—Original owner not questioned the said sale-deed—Held, tenant could not question the sale proceedings.

       (B) U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972—Section 20(4)—Benefit thereunder—Claimed by tenant—A tenant who denies the title of the landlord, not entitled to the benefit of Section 20(4) of the Act.

       (C) Rent—Enhancement of—Power of writ Court—While granting relief against eviction to the tenant in respect of building covered by Rent Control Act, writ Court empowered to enhance the rent to a reasonable extent.