Laxmibai Ramnath Gupta and Others v. Ramji Amritlal Gupta and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: gratuitous licensee versus tenant; permissive occupant; admission/statement at Exhibit 133; plea of illiteracy and disputed signature; alleged absence of cross-examination of defence witness; contribution and payment of rent; rent never paid to purchasers; registered sale deed dated 19.06.1996 (Narayandas Udasi to Amrutlal); application for deletion of name in rent control proceedings; concurrent findings; perversity/no-evidence test; no substantial question of law; dismissal of second appeal; decree for possession; Gupta family, Amravati. Precedential use: evidentiary weight of a litigant's own prior written/oral admission defeating a tenancy claim; effect of cross-examination admissions (no documentary proof of rent contribution; non-payment of rent) on a rent-payment plea; narrow scope of second appeal where findings rest on proper appreciation of evidence.
What did the court decide?
None; Second Appeal dismissed with no order as to costs.