Supreme Court of India
Baldev Singh Bajwa v. Monish Saini
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What the Court ordered
We hold that allegations made by the NRI landlord of his requirement shall be presumed to be genuine and bona fide unless rebutted by the tenant by placement of cogent and material facts and evidence in support thereof at the stage of 'leave to contest' before the Controller.
Judgment, page 20
From the headnote
Rent Control and Eviction East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 (Act of 1949)-Section 2(dd)-NRI landlord-Return to India-Who is-Held, can be persons who have permanently settled outside India need not return permanently to India Not necessary to be citizen of lnaia-Further held, persons whose parent, grand parents, or great grand parents were born permanently reside in India would be an NRI for the purposes of the Act. Section 13- , 18A(5)-Eviction on the ground of requirement of NRI landlord-presumption that landlord's need is genuine and bonafide--He/d, would not disentile the
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 Abid-ul-islam v. Inder Sain Dua
- 2019 Ram Krishan Grover and Others v. Union of India and Others
Of those, 2 relied on
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