PRIYANKA CHOWDHARY vs HARI RAM @ HARI PRAKASH (DECEASED) THR LRS

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: December 2, 2025 % Pronounced on: December 23, 2025 + RC.REV. 246/2019 PRIYANKA CHOWDHARY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Hitendra Kr. Nahata and Mr. Puru C., Advocates. Versus HARI RAM @ HARI PRAKASH (DECEASED) THR LRS .....Respondent Through: Ms. Khyati Jain, Mr. Hariom Gupta, Mr. Prince Choudhary, Ms. Sukriti Gupta and Mr. Annanya Giri, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE JUDGMENT 1. The petitioner/ landlady1 filed an Eviction Petition being No. E- 504/14/2012 New No.79384/2016 entitled ‘Priyanka Chaudhary vs. Hari Ram @ Hari Prakash’ under Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 19582 against the respondent/ tenant3 seeking eviction of premises being the entire first floor and one room on the second floor terrace of property situated at 2735-2736, Chhattar Pratap Singh, Kinari Bazar, Delhi- 110 006, before the learned Additional Rent Controller-02, Central District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi4, on the ground that the landlady was in bona fide 1 Hereinafter ‘landlady’ 2 Hereinafter ‘DRC Act’ 3 Hereinafter ‘tenant’ 4 Hereinafter ‘learned ARC’ RC.REV. 246/2019 Page 1 of 8 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:BABLOO SHAH Signing Date:23.12.2025 03:39:20 need of it for her residential purposes with her family members. 2. Briefly put, it was the case of the landlady therein that she became the owner of the subject premises by virtue of a Sale Deed dated 24.06.2003 executed between the landlady and Sh. Dhanna Lal Jain and Sh. Surinder Kumar Jain, when, the tenant was already in possession of the subject premises. The landlady was residing with her husband, two children, father-in-law, and mother-in-law at nearby property bearing No.2769, second floor, Chhattar Pratap Singh, Kinari Bazar, Del