MOHD ARIF vs AMIT CHAUDHARY & ANR.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: October 10, 2025 % Pronounced on: November 03, 2025 + RC.REV. 270/2024, CM APPL. 58529/2024 MOHD ARIF .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Amit Gupta, Mr. Amit Bhasin, Mr. Kshitij Vaibhav, Ms. Muskan Nagpal and Mr. H.S. Mahapatra, Advocates. Versus AMIT CHAUDHARY & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Digvijay Singh Jaswal, Advocate CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE JUDGMENT 1. The respondents/ landlords1 filed an Eviction Petition under Section 14(1)(e) read with Section 25B of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958,2 entitled ‘Amit Chaudhary & Anr. vs. Mohd. Arif’ being RC ARC 749/19 before the learned CCJ/ ARC (West) Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi3, seeking eviction of the petitioner/ tenant4 from the tenanted shop(s), i.e., two shops on the ground floor of the built-up property bearing no. 5689 (New) and 7586, 7587 (Old) situated at Gali Hanuman Mandir (Sholal), Factory Road, Nabi Karim, Paharganj, Delhi-110 0555, on the grounds of bona 1 Hereinafter referred to as “landlord” 2 Hereinafter referred to as “DRC Act” 3 Hereinafter referred to as “learned ARC” 4 Hereinafter referred to as “tenant” 5 Hereinafter referred to as “subject premises” RC.REV. 270/2024 Page 1 of 12 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:BABLOO SHAH Signing Date:03.11.2025 17:58:00 fide requirement for expansion of business run by landlord no.1, as there was no other suitable alternate accommodation available for the said purpose. 2. Briefly put, it was the case of the landlords in the Eviction Petition that the tenant was inducted in the subject premises by the erstwhile owner i.e. Shri Mohd. Ahsan Qureshi for which the tenant was paying rent @ of Rs.150/- (revised Rs.200/-) per month, for which he was issued rent receipts. Subsequently, by virtue