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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ RC.REV. 53/2020, CM APPL. 3124/2020, CM APPL. 42988/2021

SUNITA TANDON .....Petitioner

Through: Ms. Jyotika Kalra, Ms. Ayushi

Chugh and Mr. Vishal Baliya,

Advs.

versus

HARISH KUMAR SETHI & ORS .....Respondents

Through: Mr. Jugal Wadhwa, Mr. Rishabh

Wadhwa, Mr. Raghav Goyal and

Mr. Vatsal S. Chadha, Advs. for

respondents.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE

O R D E R

% 23.12.2025

1. This Court, after hearing argument for and behalf of both the parties

at length on 04.12.2025, passed a speaking order, relevant extract whereof

are as under:

“1. By virtue of the present petition, the petitioner/ tenant

seeks setting aside of the order dated 19.11.2019

(impugned order), passed by the learned Additional Rent

Controller, West District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi

(learned ARC) in ARC No.286/2022 filed by the

respondent no.1/ landlord under Section 14(1)(e) of the

Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (DRC Act) seeking eviction

of the premises being one shop situated on the Ground

Floor of the property bearing No.H-31, Rajouri Garden,

New Delhi (subject premises).

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2. Though the tenant has raised various grounds,

however, learned counsel for the tenant has primarily

argued qua the aspect of bona fide requirement urged by

the landlord, who has since deceased, on his own account

as also on account of his daughter who is running a Non-

Governmental Organisation (NGO) by the name of

‘Sahshakti’ in the city of Agra, Uttar Pradesh, which does

not have any operations within the precincts of Delhi.

3. Learned counsel for the tenant submits that since the

said daughter of the landlord for whom the subject

premises was stated to be required was, admittedly,

already working as a Senior Consultant with the United

Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), which is evident from

her linkedin profile as on date too, being employed

elsewhere, she could not have any bona fide need of the

subject premises.

4. Learned counsel lastly submits that the landlord had

alternative accommodations available on the First and

Second Floors of the very same building as the subject

premises, qua which the landlord failed to place anything

material on record to support his case. Since the same has

not been considered by the learned ARC, in view the dicta

of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Mohd. Inam v. Sanjay

Kumar Singhal & Ors. (2020) 7 SCR 64, she submits that

the impugned order, suffering from errors of law, is liable

to be set aside.

5. In response, learned counsel for the landlord,

supporting the impugned order, submits that since the

landlord was able to prove his case before the learned

ARC, that too after a thorough trial, and all the three

requisites conditions of Section 14(1)(e) of the DRC Act,

i.e. landlord-tenant relationship, bona fide requirement

and lack of any reasonably suitable alternative

accommodation available with the landlord, were duly

established, none of the arguments raised by learned

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counsel for the tenant before this Court hold any water,

especially in the present revisional jurisdiction.

6. Heard learned counsels for the parties and perused

the documents and pleadings on record.

7. Prima facie, this Court is not convinced with the

arguments addressed by learned counsel for the tenant.

8. As evident from paragraph 18(a) of the Eviction

Petition filed by the landlord, it was his case that he

required the subject premises for his daughter, who was

running an NGO at Agra, Uttar Pradesh focused on

helping women earn their livelihood by manufacturing

handicrafts, and in order to promote the sales thereof, she

requires