2018 SCMR 1720 SUPREME-COURT

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Syed ASGHAR HUSSAIN VS MUHAMMAD OWAIS Ss. 16(1) & 16(2)---eviction petition---Tenant failing to deposit arrears of rent---Striking off defence of tenant---Tenant choose not to comply with the tentative rent order by the Rent Controller---Supreme Court observed best course for the tenant could have been to comply with the tentative rent order under S. 16(1) of the Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance, 1979 and to have contested the matter to its logical conclusion---Tenant's right of defence had been rightly struck off in circumstances---Petition for leave to appeal was dismissed accordingly.