Padam Chand Jain S/O Late Shri Ishwar Lal v. Raj Kumar Jain S/O Late Shri Nanu Lal Jain
Case brief
What is this about?
S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 3771/2025, Rajasthan High Court Jaipur Bench, decided 19/03/2025 by Justice Mahendar Kumar Goyal. Tenants Padam Chand Jain and Ashish Jain challenged, under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, the Rent Tribunal No.1 Jaipur Metropolitan-I order dated 03.03.2025 in Application No.61/2019 closing their evidence. Court quashed the order and granted one final opportunity to lead evidence (next date 24.03.2025 or within two weeks thereafter), conditioned on Rs.10,000/- cost to applicant/respondent Raj Kumar Jain by demand draft/bankers cheque; disposal effected without notice to applicant, who retained liberty to seek recalling. Keywords: Article 227, Rent Tribunal, closure of evidence, one final opportunity, cost imposition, writ petition disposed without notice.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of without issuing notice to the applicant: order dated 03.03.2025 of the Rent Tribunal closing the petitioners' evidence quashed and set aside; petitioners granted one opportunity to lead their evidence on the next date fixed (24.03.2025) or within two weeks thereafter, subject to payment of Rs.10,000/- cost to the applicant by demand draft/bankers cheque; applicant left free to seek recalling; pending application(s), if any, disposed of.