Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 350 · Decided 17 April 2018
SMT. Sudama Devi & ORS. v. Vijay Nath Gupta & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 350 · [2018] 3 S.C.R. 446
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5903/2012
- Decided
- 17 April 2018
- Bench
- R.K. AGRAWAL, ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Rent control and eviction: Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972: ss. 20(2)(a), 20(4) proviso - Suit for eviction by plaintiff (respondent) against defendant (appellant) on the ground of non-payment of arrears of rent - trial court - In revision, eviction decree confirmed denying benefit of s. 20(4) to tenant - Writ petition by defendant also dismissed - On appeal, held: The court has discretion to pass decree for eviction against tenant, in case the court finds that the tenant has ensured
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