RAGHUABIR SARAN vs JAI BHAGWAN & ANR

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: December 15, 2025 % Pronounced on: January 15, 2026 RC.REV. 600/2018, CM APPL. 23769/2023 RAGHUABIR SARAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ashok Gurnani, Mr. Manish Aggarwal, Mr. Mukesh Kr. Gupta, Mr. Amit Ambawat, Mr. Abhishek Singh and Ms. Shilpa Kumari, Advs. Versus JAI BHAGWAN & ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Jai Sahai Endlaw, Mr. Sahil Monga, Mr. Nitin Kumar and Ms. Esha Goyal, Ms. Harshita Pal and Ms. Rudrakshi Gautam, Advs. for respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE JUDGMENT 1. The petitioner/ landlord1 filed an Eviction Petition being E. No.77513/2016 entitled ‘Raghubir Saran vs. Jai Bhagwan & Anr.’ under Section 14(1)(e) read with Section 25(B) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 19582 against the respondents/ tenants3 seeking eviction of Shop No.502, Main Bazar, Subzi Mandi, Delhi-1100074, before the learned Senior Civil 1 Hereinafter ‘landlord’ 2 Hereinafter ‘DRC Act’ 3 Hereinafter ‘tenants’ 4 Hereinafter ‘subject premises’ RC.REV. 600/2018 2. Briefly put, as per landlord therein his wife, Smt. Laxmi Devi, became the owner of the subject premises by virtue of the registered Sale Deed dated 24.02.1969, whe