APEX COURT DIGEST - Jan.2017 [6]
Delhi Rent control Act sec.14 - Rent Control Case - Eviction Petition - The landlord sought the eviction of the tenant on the ground that the tenant had sub-let the premises to his son-in-law in contravention of Section 14 of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’). - whether he was doing business along with his father-in-law or independent of him, i.e. whether he was doing business exclusively behind the façade of a partnership or as a genuine partner. It is an uncontroverted fact before us that the landlord’s permission in writing was not obtained before the tenant had allowed the alleged sub-tenant to occupy the shop - the Rent Controller clearly found that the son-in-law had been put in possession of the shop in pursua...