S. IQBAL AHMED vs WAZIR ALI — 1971 PLD 783

Citation: 1971 PLD 783

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-12-31

Parties: S. IQBAL AHMED vs WAZIR ALI

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1971 Karachi 783

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Qadeer-ud-Din Ahmad Title: S. IQBAL AHMED vs WAZIR ALI Case No.:Civil Second Appeals Nos, 519 to 539 and 541 of 1970, Nos, 5, 23 to 28, 43 JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1971 Karachi 783 Result: Appeals accepted Judgment JUDGMENT These Second Appeals arise from the applications which were made by the respondent under section 13 of the West Pakistan Urban Rent Restriction Ordinance, 1959. 2. The facts according to counsel for the parties are that respondent Wazir Ali is the landlord of a four-storeyed building called Wazir Mansion consisting of 147 tenements, situated at Nicol Road, Karachi. The total rent which was recovered for these tenements by the landlord was Rs, 85,000 per year. He was paying Municipal taxes with respect to the whole building in the amount of Rs, 27,000 on the basis of the rental value fixed by the Corporation at Rs, 1,00,000 per year. The landlord filed applications for the ejectment of the above-mentioned appellants on various grounds such as impairing the value and utility of the demised premises, committing nuisance, subletting and using them for purposes other than those for which they were let out. There was no allegation of commission of any default in the payment of rent by the tenants. 3. The tenants were expecting this action for their ejectment by the landlord because the landlord had previously also made applications for their ejectment. They, therefore, applied to the Rent Controller for permission to…

Read the full judgment on Al Wakeelo — Pakistan's AI-powered legal research platform.