2023 YLR 40 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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UNITED BUSINESS MACHINES VS GHULAM HUSSAIN HIDAYATULLAH S. 15---eviction petition---Personal bona fide need of landlord---Scope---Landlord filed applications for eviction of tenants from a building on the ground of personal requirement---Rent Controller allowed the ejectment applications---Appeals filed by tenants were dismissed---Contention of tenants was that neither the names of family members nor the requirement of spouse or children was mentioned either in the eviction application or in affidavit-in-evidence---Validity---Names of the family members were immaterial for the purpose of seeking eviction on the ground of personal bona fide need as it was only the honest intention of the landlord which was material---Constitutional petitions were dismissed.