A Delhi court recently directed a firm owned by Haryana politician Kuldeep Bishnoi to pay Rs 3,75,00,568 in connection with a case relating to the possession of a farmhouse on lease.
The said firm named M/S Seth Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. earlier remained the registered Party office/Headquarter of Kuldeep Bishnoi’s Political Party – Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC).
The case began after Bishnoi, a four-time lawmaker from Haryana and son of ex-chief minister of Haryana the late Bhajan Lal, through his company entered into lease agreement dated 20.05.2013 and took up on lease the Farm House, Rajokari, New Delhi from Nimitaya Properties Ltd./owner/landlord for his residential purpose.
As per the lawsuit, the defendant had paid rent for the subject property only during the two-year period. It is the case of the plaintiff that the defendant did not pay any charges towards use and occupation of the subject property after the expiry of the lease on 14/04/2015
The civil suit moved in 2015 stated that despite expiry of lease, which was for a fixed period of two years, Kuldeep Bishnoi did not vacate the said farm and retained its possession.
In the same suit, Delhi’s Patiala House Court, in September 2020, directed Kuldeep Bishnoi to vacate the farm and appointed a local commissioner to handover the possession to the owner and after more than five years of possession, only on November 15, 2020, Bishnoi handed over possession of the farm to the owners.
Last Saturday, Additional District Judge (ADJ) Satyabrata Panda in his judgment allowed the said application for rent and directed defendant firm to deposit a total amount of Rs 3.75 crore in court within two months.
The court also rejected the objections raised by counsel for defendants regarding suit being barred under the provisions of law in general and particularly under provisions of Companies Act and Delhi Land Reforms Act.
In August, Kuldeep Bishnoi was expelled by the Congress from all party positions, later he resigned from the Haryana Legislative Assembly being MLA from Adampur (Hisar District), Haryana and a day after he joined the BJP.
Consequently, a bypoll will held in Adampur constituency on November 3, where the Congress and ruling BJP are locked in a battle.
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