SH TEK CHAND (DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS vs SMT MEENAKSHI GUPTA & ANR.

* I N T H E H I G H CO U RT O F DE L H I AT NE W DE L H I Reserved on: September 18, 2025 % Pronounced on: October 10, 2025 RC.REV. 242/2024 & CM APPL. 72926/2024-Stay SH TEK CHAND (DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Ajay Kohli and Ms. Dipika Prasad, Advocates Versus SMT MEENAKSHI GUPTA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Arvind Kumar Gupta, Mr. C. Prakash and Mr. Ishan Parashar Advocate. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE JUDGMENT 1. The respondent/ landlady1 filed an eviction petition under Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 19582 seeking eviction of the ground floor of property bearing no.2902, Kinari Bazar, Delhi-110 0063 since she required the same for the purpose of opening her own independent boutique. In the same eviction petition, the landlady also made a disclosure qua the 1 Hereinafter ‘landlady’ 2 Hereinafter ‘the Act’ 3 Hereinafter ‘subject premises’ RC.REV. 242/2024 2. In response thereto, while admitting the landlord-tenant relationship between the parties, the petitioner/ tenant5 filed an application under Section 25B of the Act seeking leave to defend on the ground that the requirement urged by the landlady was not bona f