SHASHIKANT DIXIT vs RENUKA SHARMA

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: December 19, 2025 % Pronounced on: January 05, 2026 RC.REV. 313/2023, CM APPL. 57766/2023 SHASHIKANT DIXIT .....Petitioner Through: Dr. Amit George, Ms. Hitaakshi Mehra, Mr. Nitesh Mehra and Mr. Dushyant Kishan Kaul, Advs. Versus RENUKA SHARMA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Preet Pal Singh, Ms. Tanupreet Kaur and Ms. Medha Navami, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE JUDGMENT 1. The petitioner/ landlord1 filed an eviction petition being RC ARC 57/2018 entitled ‘Shashikant Dixit vs. Renuka Sharma’ under Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 19582 against the respondent/ tenant3 seeking eviction of the property bearing Flat no.313, DDA Tower No. 1, Mount Kailash, East of Kailash, New Delhi4, before the learned Senior Civil Judge-cum-Rent Controller, South-East District, Saket Courts, Delhi5. 2. Briefly put, it was the case of the landlord therein that the respondent 1 Hereinafter ‘landlord’ 2 Hereinafter ‘DRC Act’ 3 Hereinafter ‘tenant’ 4 Hereinafter ‘subject premises’ 5 Hereinafter ‘learned RC’ RC.REV. 313/2023 3. Upon service, the tenant filed her application seeking leave to defend. It was her case that sh