* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

Reserved on: December 2, 2025

% Pronounced on: December 23, 2025

+ RC.REV. 246/2019

PRIYANKA CHOWDHARY .....Petitioner

Through: Mr. Hitendra Kr. Nahata and Mr.

Puru C., Advocates.

Versus

HARI RAM @ HARI PRAKASH (DECEASED) THR LRS

.....Respondent

Through: Ms. Khyati Jain, Mr. Hariom Gupta,

Mr. Prince Choudhary, Ms. Sukriti Gupta and Mr. Annanya Giri,

Advocates. CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE

J U D G M E N T

1. The petitioner/ landlady, Hereinafter ‘landlady filed an Eviction Petition being No. E- 504/14/2012 New No.79384/2016 entitled ‘Priyanka Chaudhary vs. Hari Ram @ Hari Prakash’ under Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, Hereinafter ‘DRC Act against the respondent/ tenant, Hereinafter ‘tenant seeking eviction of premises being the entire first floor and one room on the second floor terrace of property situated at 2735-2736, Chhattar Pratap Singh, Kinari Bazar, Delhi- 110 006, before the learned Additional Rent Controller-02, Central District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, Hereinafter ‘learned ARC, on the ground that the landlady was in bona fide

need of it for her residential purposes with her family members.

2. Briefly put, i