Shahida Begum @ Shahida Bano vs Mohd. Iqbal Khan on 15 January, 2015

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*     IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
+     RC.REV. 458/2013 & CM No.19634/2013 (for stay)

%                                          Decided on: 15th January, 2015
      SHAHIDA BEGUM @ SHAHIDA BANO          ..... Petitioner
                  Through: Mr. Diwan Singh Chauhan, Adv.
                  versus

    MOHD. IQBAL KHAN                         ..... Respondent

Through: Mr. Nitin Sharma, Adv.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MUKTA GUPTA MUKTA GUPTA, J (ORAL)

1. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order dated 26th July, 2013 whereby the leave to defend application filed by the petitioner in an eviction petition under Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (in short 'the DRC Act') was dismissed by the learned Additional Rent Controller.

2. In the eviction petition, the respondent stated that he was the owner of the entire premises bearing No.6853/1, Ward No.XIV, Gali Atthare Wali, Ahata Kedara, Bara Hindu Rao, Delhi-110006. The respondent purchased the said property from its erstwhile owner Smt. Usha Rani Sharma, wife of Sh. Devendra Kumar Sharma and Sh. Surender Kumar Sharma, son of late Sh. Manphul Singh Sharma through a registered Sale Deed dated 28 th July, 1998. The respondent was initially a tenant of Smt. Usha Rani Sharma and Sh. Surender Kumar Sharma through their General Power of Attorney and paid a rent of Rs.20/- per month. After the purchase of the property, the respondent informed the petitioner about the fact of purchasing the property and the sale of tenanted premises but the petitioner never paid any rent to the RC.REV. 458/2013 Page 1 of 6 respondent. The family