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3. The Plaintiffs sought the Defendant's eviction from the suit premises on three principal grounds under the Rent Act: bona fide requirement or need; non-user of the rented premises; and non- payment of arrears of rent and permitted rent increases.

4. The building in question is known as Coronation Building. It is at Cawasji Patel Tank in Mumbai, an old and densely populated area. There are several such old buildings here, many of them tenanted. The present tenancy premises in question are on the ground floor of Coronation Building. These are commercial premises. They admeasure about 2,200 sq ft. The Plaintiffs were not the original owners of this building. The Defendant's father, Hiralal, was the original tenant. The three Plaintiffs say they purchased the building on 7th October 2003. I will return to a description of the three Plaintiffs and how they are associated with each other a little later. After Hiralal died, his tenancy devolved on the present Defendant, ("Suchak"). On 29th March 2006, the Plaintiffs through their Advocate sent a notice to Suchak saying he was in arrears of rent and permitted increases, claiming that he had not used the premises for six months without reasonable cause, and also claiming they required the premises for their own bona fide requirement. They terminated Suchak's tenancy.