Radha Rani @ Radha Devi v. Amrinder Kaur

Punjab & Haryana HC20 Mar 2026CR/2108/2019

Case brief

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What is this about?

East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act; Section 13; bona fide necessity; ejectment petition; Rent Controller order dated 07.05.2017 allowed; Appellate Authority reversal dated 11.01.2019; revision petition CR-2108-2019; disposed of as infructuous; tenant vacated demised premises; vacant possession handed over to landlords; pending applications disposed; High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh; Nidhi Gupta J.; decision date 20.03.2026; oral order; petitioners Radha Rani @ Radha Devi and others; respondent Amrinder Kaur.

What did the court decide?

No substantive relief adjudicated or granted; the revision petition was disposed of as having been rendered infructuous after the respondent-tenant vacated the demised premises and handed over vacant possession to the petitioner-landlords. ¶¶22

Radha Rani @ Radha Devi Vs Amrinder Kaur — Punjab & Haryana HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner-landlords were able to make out bona fide necessity for ejectment of the respondent-tenant under Section 13 of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, this being the sole ground on which the Appellate Authority reversed the Rent Controller's order allowing the ejectment petition.

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Ratio / Principle

In view of the submissions of learned counsel for the parties (that the respondent-tenant had already vacated the demised premises and handed over vacant possession to the petitioner-landlords), the present revision petition stands disposed of as having been rendered infructuous; the merits of the bona fide necessity claim were not adjudicated.

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Key takeaways

Pending application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed of.ratio¶¶23

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh (Nidhi Gupta, J.), CR-2108-2019, decided 20.03.2026 (oral): Revision petition by landlord-petitioners (Radha Rani @ Radha Devi and others) against the learned Appellate Authority's impugned order dated 11.01.2019, which reversed the learned Rent Controller's order dated 07.05.2017 that had allowed their ejectment petition under Section 13 of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, the reversal resting solely on the ground that the petitioners were not able to make out bona fide necessity. Counsel for the respondent-tenant (Amrinder Kaur) submitted on instructions that the respondent had already vacated the demised premises and handed over vacant possession to the petitioner-landlords. Accordingly, the revision petition stands disposed of as having been rendered infructuous, and pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of. The merits of the bona fide necessity claim were not adjudicated by this court.

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CR-2108-2019 -1-

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IN THE H I GH COURT OF PUNJAB AND H ARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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216 CR- 2 108-2019

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Dat e of Decision: 20.03.2026

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Radha Ra n i @ Radha Devi and others .… Petitioners

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Amrinder K aur

.... Respondent

CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA

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Present: - Mr. Varun Jain, Advocate for Mr. Kanish Jindal, Advocate f or the petitioners.

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Mr. Sandeep Chopra, Advoca t e for the respondent.

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NIDHI GUPTA, J. (ORAL)

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The petitioner-landlords hav e preferred the instant revision petition a g ainst the dismissal of their e jectment petition filed under Section 1 3 of the East Punjab Urban R ent Restriction Act, although, allowed b y the learned Rent Controller vide order dated 07.05.2017, but reversed b y the learned Appellate Author i ty, vide impugned order dated 11.01.201 9 only on the ground that the petitioners were not able to make out bona fide necessity.

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At the very outset, learne d counsel appearing for the responden t -tenant on instructions submits t hat the present revision petition has been r e ndered infructuous, in view of the fact that the respondent has already v a cated the demised premises and handed over the vacant possession thereof to the petitioner-landlor d s.

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