Sh. Amit Gupta & Ors. vs Sh.Dwarka Nath @ Mast Ram Through His Lrs ... on 6 May, 2011
While in S.K.Dey v. D.C.Gagerna, 26
(1984) DLT 438, a Division Bench of this Court had held that
dependency cannot be stretched to include the need of any other
member of the family simply because he needs accommodation, when
he is not dependent on the owner of the house. To stretch the
interpretation of the meaning to be given to the word 'dependent' in
such a manner would make the second part of the clause otiose
because this would mean that if any relation of the owner, even if totally
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independent financially would be covered within the meaning
dependent on the facile reasoning that as he is in need of
accommodation he should be deemed to be dependent for that purpose
on the landlord. The interpretation is against the plain meaning of the
clause and against the very purpose, is and would run counter to the
meaning of dependent accepted by this Court, and cannot be accepted.