KALA vs MADHO PARSHAD VIDYA — C.A. No. 997/1997

Summary: Kala v. Madho Parshad Vaidya (1998) The Supreme Court allowed the tenants' appeal, holding that the landlord failed to prove illegal subletting of a shop under the Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act. Evidence established that appellant No.1 (Kala) remained the legal tenant retaining possession and ownership of the business, while appellant No.2 (Ravinder Kapur) merely assisted as a manager, not as a sublessee. The Court found the appellate authority and High Court erred in drawing conjectural inferences from a business change and in misreading evidence, thus reversing their eviction orders and restoring the trial court's dismissal. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.