VISHWANATH PRASAD JAISWAL vs SATYA NARAIN SHARMA

The Supreme Court examined the applicability of Section 20(2)(c) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, which allows a landlord to evict a tenant for unauthorized construction or structural alterations. The Court held that the landlord must prove that such alterations diminished the value, utility, or disfigured the building. The appeal was dismissed as the landlord failed to establish that the tenant's actions met the statutory requirements for eviction under the cited provision.