Gaffar Ahmed vs Shiv Kumar Ohri on 9 July, 2020
(e) that the tenant was inducted in the subject premises in the year
1978 at a rent of Rs. 225/- per month; and that earlier-on the
landlord had filed eviction petition E.P. No. 119/2005 titled
Shiv Kumar Ohri vs. Ghias Ahmed under sections 14(1)(a) and
14(1)(b) of the DRC Act in collusion with the tenant's brother
(who was respondent in that eviction petition); and had even
obtained an eviction order dated 29.07.2010. But the landlord
did not execute the eviction order and only used it to pressurise
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the tenant into signing a lease deed dated 28.07.2011 increasing
the rent to Rs. 3,200/- per month, at which time the landlord
also took Rs.13,00,000/- from the tenant in cash, as premium or
pugree. It was further claimed that since the subject premises is
the only source of income for the tenant, under pressure and
compulsion, the tenant was now paying rent of Rs. 3500/- per
month, which is the last paid rate of rent.