Kamalesh Agarwalla v. Jay Kishore Sahu
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Gauhati High Court; Justice Robin Phukan; order dated 05.04.2026; CRP/96/2025; Kamalesh Agarwalla versus Jay Kishore Sahu; arising from Title Suit No.7/2017 (Munsiff, Charaideo, Sonari) and Title Appeal No.10/2021 (Civil Judge Sr. Division, Charaideo, Sonari); revision under Section 115 CPC with Article 227 Constitution of India; defaulting tenant; Section 5(4) Assam Urban Areas Rent Control Act 1972; deposit of rent in court; offer and refusal of rent; advance/Salami Rs.1,20,000 to Mathura Prasad Sahu and Rs.35,000 to Shiv Kumar Sahu; bona fide requirement of shop room as entrance to residence; landlord best judge of his requirement; Order XLI Rule 27 CPC additional evidence application rejected; concurrent findings of fact; no jurisdictional error; senior citizen petitioner; two months time to vacate suit premises; arrear rent Rs.32,500 for May 2016 to May 2017; cases: Smt. Santana Kar (Deb) v. Badal Palit, 2018 3 Gau LT 222 (relied on); Sri Pritpal Singh v. Mustt. Nur Nahar Begum, 2016 4 Gau LT 629 (relied on); Rameswar Choudhury v. Ram Niranjan Mow, 1995 Supp (3) SCC 44 (referred, relied on by trial court); Rup Chand Daftary v. Ashim Ranjan Modak, 2000 (2) GLT 75 (referred); Ragzvendra Kumar v. Firm Prem Machinery and Co., AIR 2000 SC 534 (referred); Dinesh Kumar v. Yusuf Ali, (2010) 12 SCC 740 (referred); Prativa Devi v. T.V. Krishnan, (1996) 5 SCC 353 (referred).