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CASE NO.:

Appeal (civil) 1595 of 2005

PETITIONER:

Gayatri Devi & Ors.

RESPONDENT:

Shashi Pal Singh

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 09/03/2005

BENCH:

D.M. Dharmadhikari & B.N. Srikrishna

JUDGMENT:

J U D G M E N T

(Arising out of S.L.P.(C) No. 8962 of 2004)

Srikrishna,J.

Leave granted.

This appeal demonstrates how a determined and dishonest

litigant can interminably drag on litigation to frustrate the results of a

judicial determination in favour of the other side.

A property bearing No. 202 B Arjun Nagar, Safdarjung Enclave

in New Delhi was purchased by the first appellant and her husband

late R.S. Gupta under two sale deeds dated 1.5.1970 and 2.5.1974.

On 1.11.1987 the appellant committed perhaps the gravest blunder of

her life of letting out the suit property to the respondent-tenant at a

monthly rent of Rs.1300/-, which subsequently came to be increased

to Rs.1500/- w.e.f. 1.1.1990. The tenancy was for residential purpose.

The appellant filed a petition for eviction of the respondent by

invoking section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act (hereinafter

referred to as ’DRC Act’). This petition wa