Vijaynarayan and others vs Kamla devi — 42/2024

Case Summary: Vijaynarayan & Others v. Kamla Devi (Civil Appeal 42/2024) Court Decision: The Additional District Judge dismissed the appellants' appeal and upheld the trial court's judgment, holding that the respondent-landlord is entitled to evict the tenant for non-payment of rent, recover arrears of ₹7,740, and receive standard monthly rent of ₹870 plus house tax from March 19, 2003 onward. Key Reasoning: The court found the tenant failed to pay rent from May 1993 onward despite repeated demands, establishing default justifying eviction. The tenant's defense of maintenance cost adjustments lacked documentary evidence, and his defense was properly strike off for non-compliance with interim rent orders, barring him from presenting evidence at trial. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.