MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN vs AMTUL BATUL — 1970 SCMR 286

Citation: 1970 SCMR 286

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-01-08

Parties: MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN vs AMTUL BATUL

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Case cited as 1970 SCMR 286

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Waheeduddin Ahmad, Muhammad Yaqub Ali Khan Title: MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN vs AMTUL BATUL Case No.: Civil Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. K-124 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1970-01-08 Reported As: 1970 SCMR 286 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment ORDER WAHIDUDDIN AHMAD, J.-The dispute between the parties is in respect of residential premises No. 713/1 G. M. Jamshed Quarters, Karachi. This property was transferred to respondent Mst. Amtul Batul in 1959, by the Settlement authorities and an appendix was issued to her. On the 30th January 1961, Mst. Amtul Batul let out this premises to the petitioner. At monthly rent of Rs. 250. It appears that the petitioner failed to pay the rent of the property in dispute from 1st July 1961 to the 31st December 1963 to the respondent. Consequently, the respondent filed an application for his ejectment before the Rent Controller. The learned Rent Controller, by order dated the 29th April 1969, ordered his eviction. The First Appellate Authority also upheld this order by judgment dated the 9th July 1969, in Rent Appeal No. 258 of 1969. The matter was then taken to the High Court of West Pakistan and a learned Single Judge of the High Court dismissed the appeal summarily. The petitioner seeks permission to file an appeal against the said order. Section 13-A of the West Pakistan Urban Rent Restriction Ordinance, 1959, has also no application on the facts of the present case. The ejectment application…

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