Shri Ramji Lal Gupta Son of Late Shri Roopnarayanji Gupta v. Shri Khandelwal Vaishya Hithkarini Sabha
Case brief
What is this about?
Rajasthan High Court Jaipur; S.B. Civil Writ Petition 13439/2025 (CW-13439/2025); Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand; ex parte disposal without notice; Rent Tribunal No.1 Jaipur Metropolitan-I; Rajasthan Rent Control Act 2001 Section 9; eviction application pending over 13 years; evidence closed 16.07.2025 on petitioner's non-appearance owing to ailment (78 years); application for one more opportunity rejected; last opportunity to depose evidence granted subject to conditions; litigation cost Rs. 20,000 plus Tribunal-imposed Rs. 2,000; eco-judicial directive to plant and tend 11 shady trees with photographic proof; Tribunal to decide pending application within three months; recall application permitted; Commissioner application delay 2022-2025; COVID-19 courtroom disruption.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed with conditions enabling a conditional final evidentiary opportunity: payment of Rs. 20,000 cost, implanting and maintaining 11 shady plants in a public area within two weeks with photographic compliance proof to the Tribunal; on compliance, one last opportunity to depose evidence (short date permissible if time-bound); failure on the next date forecloses further opportunity and frees the Tribunal to proceed per law; Tribunal additionally directed to conclude the pending eviction application within three months of receiving the certified copy; respondent free to seek recall of this ex parte order.