* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: October 08, 2025 + RC.REV. 237/2023, CM APPL. 43500/2023-Stay, CM APPL.

43502/2023-Addl.doc.

RAKESH KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ajay Kumar, Mr. R.M. Tiwari and Mr. Manmohan Jha, Advs.

Versus SH. AJAY GUPTA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Pratyaksh Raj, Adv. (Through VC)

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE J U D G M E N T (ORAL

1. The respondent/ landlord, hereinafter ‘landlord filed an eviction petition being RC ARC No.4/2022 entitled ‘Ajay Gupta vs. Rakesh Kumar’ under Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, hereinafter ‘the Act against the petitioner/ tenant, hereinafter ‘tenant seeking eviction of shop bearing no.1, ground floor, hereinafter ‘subject premises, forming a part of property bearing no.B-9, Rana Pratap Bagh, Delhi-110 007, hereinafter ‘property before the ACJ/ARC/North-West, Rohini District Courts, Delhi, hereinafter ‘learned ARC, on the ground that the same was required for his own bona fide need of opening a general store/ grocery shop.

2. Briefly put, it was the case of the landlord before the learned ARC that the property was jointly purchased by the landlord’s father Mr. Kuldeep Rai