Shankar Bhairoba Vadangekar, Since ... vs Ganpati Appa Gatare, Since Deceased, By ... on 27 June, 2001
This principle has been reiterated by the Apex Court in the decision referred to above in the case of Raghunath Panhale v. Chaganlal Sundarji & Co. (supra). The Apex Court has reiterated the principle that the Legislature employed two terms "reasonably" and "bona fide" together, the requirement must be real and genuine from any reasonable standard. All the same, the genuineness of the requirement is not to be on par with the dire need of a landlord because the latter's need is much greater. The Apex Court has further observed that there is no warrant for presuming that the landlord's need is not bona fide. The statute enjoins that the Court should be satisfied of the requirement of the landlord. So, the Court would look into the broad aspects and if the Court feels any doubt about the bona fides of the requirement of the landlord, it is for the landlord to clear such doubts. The Apex Court has observed that it is open to the Court to presume that the landlord's requirement is bona fide and put the contesting tenant to the burden to show how the requirement is not bona fide.