Case Details

Citation(s)
1995 SLG 735 1995 SLD 735 , 1995 PLD 295
Sindh High Court
First Rent Appeals Nos.123 and 205 of 1992, decided on 25th August, 1994
Presented By: Before Sh. Wajihuddin Ahmed J
Inamul Haq for Appellant.
Respondent in person.

ABDUL HANNAN PASHA---Appellant

VERSUS

Messrs MUSLIM COMMERCIAL BANK LTD. and another---Respondents

Law: Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance, 1979

Section: 15

  Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance (XVII of 1979)--- ----S. 15- --Default in payment of rent- --Proof-- -Tenant was admittedly served with notice of death of landlady and the factum that her heirs were new landlords-- -Despite such notice, tenant deposited rent in the name of deceased landlady which could have been accidental or unintentional position and was rightly condoned by Rent Controller in earlier round of litigation which went up to the level of Supreme Court- --Such condonation, however, could have lasted only till the decision of earlier case or if indulgent view was taken while first appeal in relation to earlier case was pending or, at best, till such time Supreme Court decided earlier ejectment case-- -No further scope was available for complacence on the part of tenant; it ought to have corrected the wrong course chartered by it at the outset by depositing rent in wrong name with full knowledge of new title holders- --Names of successors of deceased landlady were all the time admittedly known to tenant, who were in fact part of the record-- -Courts could not keep condoning default indefinitely-- Circumstances of case would not warrant any further indulgence-- -Order of Rent Controller refusing ejectment was reversed inasmuch as eviction was ordered on that ground as well. [p. 297] A Mohammed Aslam v. Mohammed Aslam 1987 CLC 686 ref. Sindb Rented Premises Ordinance (XVII of 1979)--- ----S. 15- --Bona fide personal need of landlord- --Landlord, a practicing Advocate was the only male member of the family of co-owner, and he had no office of his own in spite of having legal practice for more than 10 years- - Admittedly of all the tenements at the frontage the best according to landlord was in possession of tenant- --No element of male fides was shown-- -Eviction on ground of personal requirement as ordered by Rent Controller was upheld in circumstances. [p. 297) B Inamul Haq for Appellant. Respondent in person.   ORDER Abdul Hannan Pasha alongwith his sisters, Mst. Razia Begum, Mst. Tahira and Mst. Zubeda Begum inherited the disputed property from their mother, Mst. Shamsunnisa Begum, who expired on 19-9-1975. At the time the tenant-hold…
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