Miscellaneous Rent Application (‘MRC’) for payment of rent under Section 10 of the Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance, 1979, was allowed on the ‘first date’ by the Senior Civil Judge/Rent Controller (East) Karachi. By way of background, an eviction petition had been filed against our Client along with the rent deposit application under the Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance, 1979.
However, no order was passed on any application, and the matter was sub-judice. When our Client approached the alleged landlord to deposit the rent, the landlord refused to accept it. In the meantime, our Client attempted to send the monthly rent via Money Order through Pakistan Post, but it was again refused by the landlord. The landlord’s motive appeared to be to show that the tenant, i.e., our Client, had defaulted on contractual obligations and was therefore liable to eviction.
In view of the above and to mitigate the situation, our law firm was engaged to pursue all related matters. We filed a Miscellaneous Rent Application under Section 10 of the Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance, 1979. The application was argued by Barrister Junaid Ahmed, and after hearing the arguments, the Court allowed the application and disposed of the same. The order allows our Client to deposit the monthly rent in court in order to avoid any default.