1985 PLD 624 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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SULTAN PRESS LTD VS MUHAMMAD HASAN Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance 1979--14 , Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance 1979--15 , Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance 1979--21 , Ss. 14, 15 & 21 -Landlord and tenant-Ejectment on ground of default and personal requirement -Object, scope and history of rent laws traced and illustrated-Several malpractices having been employed by owners to enhance rent and evict tenant--Preamble of Act XVII of 1979 clearly indicated that it was promulgated to make effective provisions for regulation of relations between landlords and tenants and protect their interests in respect of rented premises within urban areas-Whole object of Ordinance XVII of 1979 was to provide for control of rents and eviction and to specify grounds under which eviction of tenants could be regulated.