Landlord lost tenant eviction case due to this mistake
Mr Singh, a landlord from Jagraon, Punjab, lost an eviction case against his tenant Mrs Kaur due to a critical mistake in the legal process. Singh had originally purchased the property in 2012 and began renting it out to Mrs Kaur in 2020 when he relocated to Canada. However, in 2021, Singh requested Mrs Kaur to vacate the property, claiming he needed it for personal use while visiting India.
Mrs Kaur refused to leave, prompting Singh to file an eviction case under Section 13-B of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled in favor of Mrs Kaur, dismissing Singh's plea for eviction. The court determined that Singh had misused a repealed legal provision for non-resident Indian (NRI) landlords. Advocates noted that the relevant legal provision was repealed on November 30, 2013, and the tenancy had begun six years after this repeal. Singh unsuccessfully attempted to switch the legal basis of his case to the Punjab Rent Act, 1995, but the court rejected this as well.
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