Supreme Court Restores Landlord’s Right, Orders Eviction of Tenants after 70

The Supreme Court (SC) has ended a tenancy dispute that spanned more than seven decades, ruling in favour of landlord Jyoti Sharma in her eviction suit against tenants Vishnu Goyal and others. In its judgment on 11 September 2025, the bench comprising justice JK Maheshwari and justice K Vinod Chandran decreed eviction and directed recovery of rent arrears dating back to January 2000, while allowing the tenants a six-month window to vacate the premises. The long-running legal battle, which originated from a tenancy established in 1953, revolved around a shop in which the tenant’s family operated a grocery business. The landlord, Ms Sharma, claimed ownership of the property through a will executed by her father-in-law, Ramji Das, in 1999. She sought eviction of the tenants on grounds o