Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 401 · Decided 27 October 1998
Sarla Ahuja v. United India Insurance Company LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 401 · [1998] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 390
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5213/1998
- Decided
- 27 October 1998
- Bench
- S. SAGHIR AHMAD, K.T. THOMAS (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Rent Control Act Section 14(1)
Headnote
Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958: Section 14(1)-Proviso-Clause (e)-Scope of-Eviction-Bona fide C requirement-Alternative accommodation available to landlord-It is not enough that such accommodation is in a far different State-It must be available in same city or town or within reasonable proximity if interfere- D High Court should examine whether any illegality has been committed by Rent Controller-High Court should not come to a different finding unless the finding was unreasonable---Eviction order passed by Rent Controller taking into account relevant factors-High court upsetting the
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