# MAHESH KUMAR vs PREM PRAKASH

Court: Delhi High Court
Date: 2025-09-01
Citation: CM(M)-1687/2025 2025:DHC:7701
Petitioner: MAHESH KUMAR
Respondent: PREM PRAKASH

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 1st, September, 2025 CM(M) 1687/2025 & CM APPL. 54880-54882/2025 MAHESH KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Puneesh Grover, Advocate (Through VC) versus PREM PRAKASH .....Respondent Through: Mr. Kumar Manish, Advocate CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral 1. Petitioner is defending an eviction petition filed on the ground of bonafide requirement. 2. It was filed in the year 2013. 3. An application seeking leave to defend was moved on 18.12.2013, but, unfortunately, arguments on said application have yet not been heard. 4. After more than a decade, an application was moved seeking amendment in such leave to defend application and the grievance is with respect to dismissal of such application. 5. When the application seeking leave to defend was moved, tenant, therein mentioned he was earlier a tenant in the demised premises and that he had surrendered his tenancy rights in February 2006, and, thereafter, one Mr. Rajiv Soni, was taken as tenant in the demised premises w.e.f. 01.03.2006. 6. In the application seeking amendment, it has been claimed that previous counsel had taken a fictitious plea regarding s

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