CHAMAN LAL vs MANISH KUMAR & ORS.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: November 11, 2025 % Pronounced on: December 16, 2025 + RC.REV. 325/2023 CHAMAN LAL .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Sopna Rani Padhy, Adv. Versus MANISH KUMAR & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Kanwal Chaudhary and Mr. Ankit Kumar, Advs. for R-1. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE JUDGMENT 1. The petitioner/ landlord1 filed an Eviction Petition being E-44/12 now new RC ARC No. 885/2016 entitled as Sh. Chaman Lal vs. Sh. Manish Kumar & Ors., under Section 14(1)(e) read with Section 25(B) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 19582 against the respondents/ tenants3 seeking eviction of one shop at the ground floor bearing no.742, Khasra no.264/81/1, Jheel Khurenja, Scooter Market, Delhi-110 0514 before the learned ACJ-cum-CCJ-cum-ARC (East), Karkardooma Courts, Delhi5. 2. Succinctly put, in the Eviction Petition, it is the case of the landlord that he had become the sole owner of the property where the subject premises is situated by virtue of the Will, General Power of Attorney 1 Hereinafter referred to as “landlord” 2 Hereinafter referred to as “DRC Act” 3 Hereinafter referred to as “tenants” 4 Hereinafter referred to as “subject premises” 5 Hereinafter referred to as “learned ARC” RC.REV. 325/2023 Page 1 of 10 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:BABLOO SHAH Signing Date:16.12.2025 17:14:24 (GPA) and Gift Deed dated 16.06.19936, executed in his favor by his late mother namely, Smt. Risalo Devi7, and since she had inducted the tenants’ father8 late Sh. Hanuman Prasad as a tenant at a monthly rent of Rs.80/- therein, upon his death, the tenants automatically stepped into his shoes by operation of law. Thereafter, an Agreement dated 14.05.1986 was executed inter se the late mother of the landlord and late father