2002 SCMR 168 SUPREME-COURT

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ABDUL RASHID VS BABOO Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance 1979--15 , Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance 1979 ----S. 15(2)(vii)---Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art.185(3)---Bona fide personal need of landlord---Admissions of tenant in cross-examination-- Rent Controller allowed eviction application filed by landlord and the order of eviction was maintained by High Court---Contention of the tenant was that the application filed by the landlord was based on mala fides ---Validity--Plea raised by the tenant was rightly turned down by the Rent Controller--Admissions of the tenant in cross-examination were enough to prove the bona fide personal need of the landlord---Concurrent findings of Rent Controller and High Court were perfectly correct, and not open to any exception---Leave to appeal was refused.