Supreme Court of India

Inder Mohan Lal v. Ramesh Khanna

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Reported as [1987] 3 S.C.R. 765
Bench Sabyasachi Mukharji and S. Natarajan JJ.
Decided 4 August 1987

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the High Court was in error in the view it took in setting aside the decision in the second appeal.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958: s. 21-Requirements of-Permi­ ssion to let out premises for limited period-Validity of-Reason for landlord's non-requirement of premises-Whether to be stated­ Agreement in writing-Whether to be registered. '( Practice & Procedure: View taken by the High Court over a number of years-Should normally be adhered to. The appellant made an application before the Rent Controller on or about July 15, 1976 to let out the premises to the respondent for residential purposes for a period of two years under s. 21 of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 as he did not require the

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