Landlord-Tenant Disputes

Supreme Court Upholds Eviction Order, Emphasizes Proper Framing of Legal Questions in Second Appeals: Rashmi Kant Vijay Chandra & Ors. vs. Baijnath Choubey & Company (2024)

Supreme Court Upholds Eviction Order, Emphasizes Proper Framing of Legal Questions in Second Appeals: Rashmi Kant Vijay Chandra & Ors. vs. Baijnath Choubey & Company (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a High Court can overturn a First Appellate Court’s factual findings in a second appeal without framing a substantial question of law regarding those findings, and […]

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Supreme Court Revisits Compensation for Stay of Eviction Decree: Sumer Corporation vs. Vijay Anant Gangan (2022)

Supreme Court Revisits Compensation for Stay of Eviction Decree: Sumer Corporation vs. Vijay Anant Gangan (2022) Date of the Judgment: November 9, 2022 Citation: Sumer Corporation v. Vijay Anant Gangan & Ors., Civil Appeal No. 7774 of 2022 (@ SLP (C) No. 16019 of 2020), 2022 INSC 568 Judges: M.R. Shah, J. and M.M. Sundresh,

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Supreme Court Upholds Civil Court Jurisdiction in Landlord-Tenant Disputes: Assa Singh vs. Shanti Parshad (2021)

Supreme Court Upholds Civil Court Jurisdiction in Landlord-Tenant Disputes: Assa Singh vs. Shanti Parshad (2021) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a civil court has jurisdiction to decide the existence of a landlord-tenant relationship when it is disputed, despite the bar under Section 25 of the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953. CASE TYPE: Landlord-Tenant Dispute, Civil

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Supreme Court Reduces Damages in Tenant Dispute: The Periyar District Consumer Co-operative Wholesale Stores Ltd. vs. B.Balagopal (2020)

Supreme Court Reduces Damages in Tenant Dispute: The Periyar District Consumer Co-operative Wholesale Stores Ltd. vs. B.Balagopal (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Determination of fair damages for a tenant holding over after the termination of a lease agreement. CASE TYPE: Civil (Landlord-Tenant Dispute) Case Name: The Periyar District Consumer Co-operative Wholesale Stores Ltd. No. AA467 vs. B.Balagopal

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Supreme Court Upholds Quashing of FIR in Landlord-Tenant Dispute: Satish Sharma vs. State (2019)

Supreme Court Upholds Quashing of FIR in Landlord-Tenant Dispute: Satish Sharma vs. State (2019) Date of the Judgment: 8th February 2019 Citation: 2019 INSC 123 Judges: Abhay Manohar Sapre, J., Dinesh Maheshwari, J. Can a criminal case arising from a property dispute be quashed if the parties reach a compromise? The Supreme Court of India

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Supreme Court Settles Tenant Eviction Dispute with Settlement: Rajesh Chugh & Anr. vs. Batuk Prasad Jaitly (25 April 2018)

Supreme Court Settles Tenant Eviction Dispute with Settlement: Rajesh Chugh & Anr. vs. Batuk Prasad Jaitly (2018) Date of the Judgment: 25 April 2018 Citation: Rajesh Chugh & Anr. vs. Batuk Prasad Jaitly, Civil Appeal No(s). 4419 of 2018 (Arising from SLP (C) No(s).21429/2017) Judges: Kurian Joseph, J., Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, J., Navin Sinha, J.

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Supreme Court rules on Landlord’s Bona Fide Need and its applicability to Legal Heirs in Property Eviction Cases (2017)

LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the bona fide requirement of a landlord for eviction of a tenant extends to the legal heirs upon the landlord’s death, especially when the family business continues. CASE TYPE: Property Eviction Law. Case Name: Satish Chander Aggarwal (D) By Lrs. vs. Shyam Lal Om Prakash, Arhti and Anr Judgment Date: March 30,

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Supreme Court modifies damages for tenant in long-standing eviction case: Diwakar Upadhyay vs. P.N. Khanna (2008)

Introduction Date of the Judgment: September 26, 2008 Judges: R.V. Raveendran and Lokeshwar Singh Panta, JJ. What happens when a tenant refuses to leave a property for decades, despite court orders? The Supreme Court of India addressed this issue in a case involving a long-standing dispute between a landlord and a tenant. The core question

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Supreme Court settles the bonafide requirement of landlord in eviction petition: Ajit Singh vs. Jit Ram (2008)

Introduction Date of the Judgment: September 16, 2008 Citation: [2008] INSC 1471 Judges: Tarun Chatterjee, J., Aftab Alam, J. Can a landlord evict a tenant if the property is required for the use of the landlord’s son? The Supreme Court of India addressed this question in a case concerning the interpretation of the East Punjab

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