2020 YLR 1967 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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ANWAR AHMAD VS IQBAL AHMAD S. 17---eviction of tenant---Personal need of landlord---Burden of proof---Scope---Landlord seeking eviction of his tenant on the ground of personal need cannot be deprived of such valuable and inalienable right provided to him by law merely on the ground that his spouse and/or any other member of his family owns other property(ies); the only burden on him is to prove that he requires the premises in good faith for his own use and occupation and he does not have any other property in the same vicinity to fulfill his such need---Law also permits the landlord to seek eviction of his tenant on the ground of personal need of his spouse and children.