Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 556 · Decided 5 November 2001
S.N. Kapoor (Dead) BY His LRS. v. Basant Lal Khatri and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 556 · [2001] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 33
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7517/2001
- Decided
- 5 November 2001
- Bench
- M.B. SHAH, DORAISWAMY RAJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Rent Control Act
Headnote
Rent Control and Eviction: Delhi Rent Colltrol Act 1958: Section 14( I)( e>-Eviction petition-Bona.fide requirement-Prindples­ Held: The choice of proclaimed need cannot be whimsical or merely.fanciful­ The requirement must not only be bona.fide but also genuine-It should not be a o,f pre1nises­ Recovery o.f-Laiullady 's right-Held : The landlady must be a widow, the premises 1nust be required.for her own need and that the need nutst be bona.fide and not a .feigned one. A B c D Eviction petition-Conversion of-From one under S.14(J)(e) lo one E under S.14-D-Held: The
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