Supreme Court of India

T. Sivasubramaniam and Ors. v. Kasinath Pujari and Ors.

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Reported as [1999] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 143
Bench V.N. Khare and S.N. Phukan JJ.
Decided 31 August 1999

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons we do not find any merit in the appeals which are accordingly dismissed.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Rent Control & Eviction Tamilnadu Building (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960-Sections 10(3) (a) (i) and 10(3) (e)-Eviction-Bonafide need-Landlord desirous of living separately-Desire arising out of need-Evidence adduced to show that need was bonafide-No Desire may be outcome of one's need-Held, when landlord desires a premises, he must set out his need for the premises in his p~tition and establish that such a need is bonafide-Thus, mere desire cannot constitute need ·and a ground for eviction. Section 25-Revisional Jurisdiction-High Court-Not to interfere with finding of facts merely

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Of those, 1 approved · 1 referred to

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