1995 SCMR 1125 SUPREME-COURT

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MUHAMMAD RAMZAN VS GENERAL IRON STORES West Pakistan Urban Rent Restriction Ordinance 1959--13 , West Pakistan Urban Rent Restriction Ordinance 1959 S. 13---Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 185 (3)---Bona fide personal need of landlord---Leave to appeal was granted to examine, whether property owned by landlord which was with either his son-in-law or son or other tenant would constitute bar for his seeking eviction of tenant on ground of personal requirement; whether the fact that landlord was doing business, other than one he wanted to start in premises in dispute, in another rented building would constitute bar for seeking eviction of tenant on ground of personal need; and whether it was incumbent on landlord to disclose in application or in examination-in-chief all facts and circumstances with regard to his properties occupied by other persons or his having occupied other rented premises for doing some business, before asking for eviction of his tenant on ground of personal requirement.