Landlord filed case to evict tenant but tenant bought 50% share from co-owner mid-dispute and filed partition of property case: HC gives no relief to landlord on eviction case

Back in 2002, Mr Varel, a landlord, wanted to evict Mr Kumar from his house because Kumar had built some unauthorised structures in the house and also sub-let a part of the house while also defaulting on rent. So, Varel took the matter to the court under tenant eviction laws.

However, the case dragged on for years and during the ongoing court proceedings, Kumar saw an opportunity to buy 50% share in the property from the legal heirs of one of the co-owners of this property and thus changing his status from a tenant to a co-owner.