Supreme Court of India

Davis v. Sebastian

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Reported as [1999] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 612
Bench V.N. Khare and Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri JJ.
Decided 19 August 1999

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Judgment, page 10

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Rent Control & Eviction: Kera/a Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965: c Sub-sections (3), (8), (JO) of Section I /-Comparative hardship­ Petition for eviction of tenant from part of the premises on the ground of personal bona fide requirement for doing additional business-Tenant contested on the ground that the running of business in the tenanted premises was his only source of income and that landlord had additional place for doing additional business-Rent Controller and Appellate Authority dismissed the petition holding that landlord was not in need of premises and that tenant would

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