SANDEEP KUMAR vs NIHAL CHAND

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: September 16, 2025 % Pronounced on: October 10, 2025 + RC.REV. 292/2017, CM APPL. 45944/2019 SANDEEP KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ramesh Kumar, Mr. Alankar Tewari, Mr. Tejas Gupta and Mr. Rishabh Jain, Advs. Versus NIHAL CHAND ....Respondent Through: Mr. Jai Sahai Endlaw, Ms. Sagarika Kaul, Mr. Ravi Chand Garg and Ms. Anju Agarwal, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE JUDGMENT 1. The respondent/ landlord1 filed an eviction petition under Section 14(1)(e) read with Section 25B of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 19582 before the learned ARC, Pilot Court (Central), Delhi,3 seeking eviction of the petitioner/ tenant4 from shop bearing private no.2A situated on the ground floor of property bearing municipal no. 682, Katra Hira Lal, Chandni Chowk, Delhi-110 0065. 2. In a nutshell, as per landlord, initially Shop no. 682/1 was under the tenancy of one M/s. Jawahar Singh Man Singh, and Shop no. 682/2 was 1 Hereinafter referred to as ‘landlord’ 2 Hereinafter referred to as ‘DRC Act’ 3 Hereinafter referred to as ‘ARC’ 4 Hereinafter referred to as ‘tenant’ 5 Hereinafter referred to as ‘subject premises’ RC.REV. 292/2017 Page 1 of 18 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:BABLOO SHAH Signing Date:10.10.2025 17:48:35 under the tenancy of M/s. Harbans Lal Chander Prakash. Thereafter, the latter shop was subsequently divided by a wooden partition in two portions. Resultantly, the front portion bearing pvt. no. 2B, came under the occupation of M/s. Harbans Lal Sadhna, while the rear portion bearing pvt. no. 2A came under the occupation of Mr. Chander Prakash Chawla i.e., the adoptive father of the tenant herein. Later on, the landlord became the owner of all the aforesaid shops including the rear shop bearing pvt