Supreme Court of India

Sarla Ahuja v. United India Insurance Company Ltd.

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Reported as [1998] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 390
Bench S. Saghir Ahmad and K.T. Thomas JJ.
Decided 27 October 1998

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we set aside the impugned order and restore the eviction A order passed by the Rent Controller and direct the respondent-tenant to vacate from the premises on or before the expiry of three months from today.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958: Section 14(1)-Proviso-Clause (e)-Scope of-Eviction-Bona fide 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 outside the limits of city. Section 258(8)-Proviso-Revision-Power of High Court to interfere- 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

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