1996 MLD 544 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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PAKISTAN BURMAH SHELL LTD. VS KHALIL AHMED Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance 1979--14 , Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance 1979 ----S.14---Bona fide personal need of landlord---Son of landlord was carrying on his business in one room of another residential building owned by landlord and no evidence was available on record to show that landlord was in occupation of any other non-residential building of his own---Plot in dispute was needed by landlord for building a commercial complex over it for commercial use of his son---Bar contained in subsection (2) of S.14 of Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance, 1979; would not be attracted in the case as landlord could not be said to be in occupation of commercial building for which eviction had been sought against tenants.