2024 SCMR 1560 Default in Payment of Rent Case Laws & Judgments Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, J.- Through this petition, the petitioners have challenged the judgment dated 07.03.2022 (the impugned judgment), passed by the High Court of Sindh, Karachi (the High Court), whereby constitutional petition filed by the Respondent No. 1 (the respondent) was allowed. 2. Facts in brief are that the petitioners are the coowners/ landlords of Shop bearing No.4, located at ground floor of Haji Naik Muhammad Building, constructed over Plot No. RC4/32, situated in Aja Maoji/ Al-Shifa Street, Ranchorline, Gazdarabad, Karachi South (subject premises/shop).The subject
premises/shop was let out to the grandfather of the respondent, namely, Allauddin as the tenant who carried on business over there solely. However, after death of the original tenant/grandfather, the respondent occupied the subject premises/shop as tenant without informing the landlords about the death of his grandfather. The respondent continued to pay the monthly rent till June 2009, at the rate of Rs.600/-. Thereafter, in June, 2019, the respondent sublet the subject premises/shop to three doctors, namely, Dr. Fazal Ellahi, Dr. Jaipal and Dr. Chetan Lal for running a clinic, namely Muhammadi Clinic vide Partnership Deed Exh.O/21 without consent or knowledge of the landlords. Download
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