N. M. NAJMI vs JOOMA AND 6 OTHERS — 1980 CLC 629

Citation: 1980 CLC 629

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-12-17

Parties: N. M. NAJMI vs JOOMA AND 6 OTHERS

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Case cited as 1980 CLC 629

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Durab Patel Title: N. M. NAJMI vs JOOMA AND 6 OTHERS Case No.: Regular Second Appeal No, 477 of 1967 Second Appeal No, 108 of 1966 Date of Judgment:1971-12-17 Reported As: 1980 CLC 629 Result: Appeal accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT ' This is a Second appeal under the West Pakistan Urban Rent Restriction Ordinance (hereinafter called the said Ordinance) against the concurrent orders of a Rent Controller and District Judge, Karachi striking off the appellant's defence for non-compliance with the Rent Controller's orders for deposit under subsection (6) of section 13 of the said Ordinance. The respondents are the owners of the property demised to the appellant and had filed an eviction application against him sometime in 1964. As the appellant contested the eviction application, in due course, the Rent Controller passed an order for deposit of tentative rent under subsection (6). He fixed the monthly rent at Rs, 36 and directed the appellant to pay Rs, 1,800 as arrears and to deposit the monthly rent at Rs, 36 p.m. The appellant complied with this order but according to the respondents, he was irregular in the deposit of rent, therefore they filed an application that an enquiry should be made as to whether he had complied with the order of deposit of rent and that if it was found that he had -committed breach of the order his defence should be struck off. The appellant contested this application and the case of the respondents appears to have…

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