2024 YLR 776 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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MUHAMMAD ISLAM VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE Ss.7, 15, 19 & 20---eviction petition---Payment of rent, mode of---Scope---Claim of the petitioner/tenant was that he had paid excess amount which be treated as rent paid---Validity---There was nothing reliable placed on record by the petitioner in support of his claim---Punjab Rented Premises Act, 2009, recognized modes of payment only as provided under Ss. 7 & 20 of the said Act, and the petitioner/tenant had annexed nothing to establish payment in any of the said modes---Petitioner/tenant had failed to point out any illegality or jurisdictional defect in the impugned orders and judgments passed by both the Courts below warranting interference by the High Court---Constitutional petition filed by the tenant was dismissed in limine, in circumstances.