Supreme Court of India

Joginder Pal v. Naval Kishore Behal

Neutral citation
Reported as [2002] 3 S.C.R. 1078
Bench R.C. Lahoti and B.N. Agrawal JJ.
Decided 10 May 2002

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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:

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to

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