Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 387 · Decided 13 September 2002
Rita Lal v. Raj Kumar Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 387 · [2002] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 403
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5837/2002
- Decided
- 13 September 2002
- Bench
- R.C. LAHOTI, BRIJESH KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 1, 6, 116
Headnote
B Bihar Buildings (Lease, Rent and Eviction) Control Act, 1982 : Ss. 14(4) and (5)-Eviction of tenant on grounds o/bona fide requirement and arrears of rent-Summary procedure-Tenant seeking leave to defend C denying landlord-tenant relationship-Trial court refused the leave and decreed the arise and leave to defend deserved to be granted to tenant-Held, there is a very clear admission made by the tenant of the title of the landlord in his deposition in an earlier suit-Tenant D has not furnished any explanation for his signatures on every page of rent note-Tenant having been
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