2022 CLC 1936 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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Haji UMAR VS MUHAMMAD FAROOQ MOTAN Ss.10(1) & 10(3)---eviction petition---Personal need of landlord---Scope and proof---If the statement made on oath by landlord was consistent with the averments made by him in his eviction application and neither was his statement shaken nor anything was brought in evidence to contradict his statement, it would be sufficient for the grant of his eviction petition----All that the landlord had to show was that he required the demised premises of a particular tenant for his personal use and the choice was his as to suitability of the demised premises which he required for his personal use, and that the need was reasonable and bona fide---Landlord had the complete option to choose from any of the several tenements occupied by the tenants in order to avail the ground of personal need---Landlord himself would determine in what way, subject to law, he wanted to utilize his premises after eviction of the tenant.