RAGHUABIR SARAN vs JAI BHAGWAN & ANR

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* 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 Page 1 of 14 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:BABLOO SHAH Signing Date:15.01.2026 16:50:51 Judge-cum-Rent Controller, Central District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi5. 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, whereafter she executed a Will dated 08.03.1989, prior to her demise on 23.08.1989, bequeathing the property wherein the subject premises was situated in favour of the landlord. Initially Sh. Mool Chand and Sh. Rameshwar Das were inducted as joint tenants in the subject premises and after their demise, the tenancy devolved upon the present tenants, who thereafter attorned the landlord as such. The landlord had a bona fide re