SH. NAJMUL ARAFEEN CHAWLA & ANR. vs DR. MOHD NAJEEB

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 24.03.2025 RC.REV. 398/2024, CM APPL. 75812/2024 and CM APPL.6896/2025 SH. NAJMUL ARAFEEN CHAWLA & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Ms.Upasana Pahuja, Ms.Mehak Chaudhary and Mr.Pranav Saha, Advocates versus DR. MOHD NAJEEB .....Respondent Through: Ms.Bhawana Pandey and Mr.Piyush Rajan, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT (ORAL) 1. By way of present revision petition filed under Section 25-B(8) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (hereinafter, ‘DRC Act’), the petitioners seek to set aside the order dated 05.09.2024 passed by learned ARC-02, Central, Tis hazari Courts, Delhi in Eviction Petition No. RC/ARC No.436/2021 (hereinafter, ‘impugned judgment’) whereby their application seeking leave to defend came to be dismissed. Notably, the respondent/landlord had filed the eviction petition under 14(1)(e) of the DRC Act in respect of property being Ward No. VI, municipal number 1149-50 (old. no.802A), Gali Chhatta Ibrahim, Haveli Hisamuddin Haider, Ballimaran, Delhi-110006 (hereinafter, referred to as ‘subject premises’). 2. Respondent claimed to be owner and landlord of subject premises. He claimed that