Supreme Court of India

M/s Bharat Sales Ltd. v. Life Insurance Corporation of India

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Reported as [1998] 1 S.C.R. 711
Bench S. Saghir Ahmad and G.B. Pattanaik JJ.
Decided 5 February 1998

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, we find no merit in this Special Leave C petition which is dismissed.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Rent Control and Eviction. Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958: Section 14(J)(b). Subleting-Coming into existence of-Proof-Tanant parted with c actual, physical and exclusive possession to a third person behind the back of the landlord-Held: Such parting with possession indicates subleting which is a ground for eviction-Proof of payment of rent or monetary consideration by the sub-tenant to the tenant not necessary to prove subletting. The respondent-landlord filed a petition under Section 14(1)(b) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 for eviction of the petitioner-tenant on the ground of subletting.

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