DEVINDER KUMAR CHOUDHRY vs RAMBIR SINGH (THROUGH LRS)

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: November 10, 2025 % Pronounced on: December 04, 2025 + RC.REV. 168/2021 DEVINDER KUMAR CHOUDHRY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sunil Dalal, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Rajiv Singh, Mr. Ankit Rana, Ms. Shipra Bali and Mr. Sarthak Malhotra, Advocates. Versus RAMBIR SINGH (THROUGH LRS) .....Respondent Through: Mr. S.C. Singhal, Advocate (Through VC) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE JUDGMENT 1. The petitioner/ landlord1 filed Eviction Petition RC ARC No.39/2020 against the respondent/ tenant2 qua the premise bearing No.31/7, Ground Floor, Ramesh Nagar, New Delhi-110 0153 under Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 19584, on the ground that he required the same to fulfil the bona fide requirement of his family, as well as himself, as his son is a disk jockey with sound proofing needs, his daughter is a qualified dietician, and his another son is pursuing studies in the United States of America and would return thereafter, and he himself is a lawyer, who needs an office close to his residential quarters, especially due to his back pain, 1 Hereinafter ‘landlord’ 2 Hereinafter ‘tenant’ 3 Hereinafter ‘subject premises’ 4 Hereinafter ‘the Act’ RC.REV. 168/2021 Page 1 of 8 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:BABLOO SHAH Signing Date:04.12.2025 17:05:57 which are located in the very same building as the subject premises. It was also the case of the landlord that he did not have any other alternative accommodation available to fulfil his needs apart from the subject premises, which, as per him, was not being utilised even by the tenant, but had been lying locked for the past ten years. 2. Upon being served, the tenant filed an application seeking leave to defend under Section 25B of the Act with supporting af