GHAFOOR AHMED & ORS vs SABILA & ORS

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: November 14, 2025 % Pronounced on: December 17, 2025 + RC.REV. 104/2020, CM APPL. 6564/2020, CM APPL. 42881/2024, CM APPL. 42887/2024 GHAFOOR AHMED & ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Shruti Sharma and Mr. Nishant Kandpal, Advs. Versus SABILA & ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Imran Khan, Advocate (through VC) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE JUDGMENT 1. The respondents/ landlords1 filed an eviction petition being E. No.77874/2016 entitled ‘Mst. Sabila & Ors. vs. Sh. Gafoor Ahmed & Ors.’ under Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 19582 seeking eviction of one shop admeasuring 34” X 12’.5”, located at 2nd floor in property bearing No. 3165, Phatak Teliyan, Turkman Gate, Delhi-110 006, before the SCJ-cum-RC (Central), Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi3 against the petitioners/ tenants4, as they had a bona fide requirement thereof for commercial/ official cum residential purposes as they had no other 1 Hereinafter ‘landlords’ 2 Hereinafter ‘the Act’ 3 Hereinafter ‘learned ARC’ 4 Hereinafter ‘tenants’ RC.REV. 104/2020 Page 1 of 8 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:BABLOO SHAH Signing Date:17.12.2025 17:23:51 alternative accommodation available. 2. Briefly, it was the case of the landlords before the learned ARC that the subject premises had originally been let out by the joint owners, namely Sh. Qayamuddin, Ajmeri and Late Sh. Mohd. Deen (the husband and father of the present landlords), to Late Sh. Rais Ahmed (father of the tenants). After the demise of Late Sh. Rais Ahmed, the tenancy devolved upon the tenants herein in accordance with law. As per landlords, after the demise of Late Sh. Mohd. Deen, the subject premises devolved upon them by operation of law. Thus,