1987 CLC 1777 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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MUHAMMAD AMIN VS GHULAM MUHAMMAD DOSSAL Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance 1979--21 , Ss. 15(2)(ii) & 21(1)--Ejectment proceedings--Default--Proof--Where receipt of disputed rent of premises, allegedly remitted by tenant through money order was expressly, denied by landlord, such receipt thereof, should be proved by tenant by confronting landlord with signatures on receipt or by comparing his signatures with some admitted signatures--Payment of such remitted amount was to be proved by tenant by examining postman concerned and tenant having failed to do so there was no escape, from conclusion that tenant had failed to prove payment of disputed rent to landlord--Default having been proved, no just exception could be taken to eviction order passed by Rent Controller in circumstances.