Bona Fide Need & Rent Default: SC Upholds Landlord’s Right to Eviction

Jyoti Sharma Vs Vishnu Goyal & Anr. (Supreme Court of India) Tenant Estopped from Denying Landlord’s Title – SC Upholds Eviction on Bona Fide Need- Probated Will Seals Ownership In a recent decision, the Supreme Court delivered a significant ruling reversed concurrent findings of the trial court, first appellate court & the High Court which had rejected the claim of the landlord. The litigation related to a shop tenancy that had commenced way back in 1953 when Ramji Das, the father-in-law of the present Appellant, had leased out the premises to the father of the defendants. Upon th...