1994 MLD 485 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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DAULAT ROSHAN ALI VS SHAHNAZ BEGUM Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance 1979--15 , Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance 1979 ----S.15(2)(vii)---Personal bona fide need of landlord---Case of landlady seeking ejectment of tenant on ground of personal requirement, was that she was residing with her five family members with her father-in-law who had entered into an agreement for sale of house where she was residing and sale transaction was going to be finalized and possession of house was to be handed over to purchaser of that house from her father-in-law---Landlady failed to establish that alleged sale agreement had been entered into between her father-in-law and purchaser thereof as no reliable evidence was produced by her to establish same---Since cause of action to seek eviction of tenant from premises in dispute was based on fact that house in which landlady was presently residing had been agreed to be sold by her father-in-law, which fact was not proved, no justification was for ordering ejectment of tenant from premises in dispute.