Supreme Court of India
Joginder Pal v. Naval Kishore Behal
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the expression 'for his own use' as occurring in Section I 3(3)(a)(iii) of the Act cannot be narrowly construed.
Judgment, page 15
From the headnote
Rent Control and Eviction : East Punjab Rent Restriction Act, 1949: Section ! 3(3)(a)(ii)-Ground of c eviction-Bonafide requirement of landlord on the ground of "own use"- Interpretation of-Held, Courts have to adopt a reasonable and balanced approach based on the assumption that legislatures intended equal treatment to be meted out to both the parties, viz. Landlord and tenants-It must be assigned a wider, liberal and practical, meaning and includes the requirement of the member of the family/person to whom the landlord is dependent or who is dependent on landlord. Statutory Interpretation:
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Where later benches applied it
- 2014 Sri Sidhharth Viyas &anr. v. Ravi Nath Misra & Ors.
- 2014 Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. & Anr. v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
- 2019 Ram Krishan Grover and Others v. Union of India and Others
Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to
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