NEW DELHI: Thirty years after it was filed, a Delhi court has dismissed a civil suit for recovery of Rs 13,000 as damages for use and occupation of premises of the complainant by his brother’s widow.
In an order dated November 9, additional senior civil judge Ajay Kumar Malik noted that even after availing many opportunities, the plaintiff failed to get any of the witnesses examined in court and failed to bring forward any evidence to prove his complaint.
The complaint, registered on May 10, 1991, claimed that the woman was occupying the premises without any licence from the plaintiff and he was entitled to recover damages for the period between March 1, 1989 and April 30, 1991.
The woman had claimed that the plaintiff was in unauthorised and illegal possession of the rooms belonging to her and her children. She had further said that she was residing in the one-room property rightfully and there was no question of any damages being claimed by the plaintiff.
The court said the matter was adjourned for lack of evidence and the plaintiff did not get any witnesses examined.
“The defendant also never had any opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses,” it added.
