3 decades of legal battle: 2 men sentenced to imprisonment for failing to hand over house to landlordindiaUpdated: Dec 24, 2020, 10:47 ISTThe Supreme Court has sentenced two men to three months in jail last week for failing to hand over a rented house to its owner despite an undertaking before the court. The legal battle spanning almost three decades began in 1992 when the owner of the house in Hyderabad, Saraswati P Singh, asked tenant Abdul Rehman to vacate the property. But Rehman chose to file an appeal against this order before the rent tribunal. While the matter was pending before the apex court, Rehman passed away and two of his sons continued the legal wrangle from 2017. This prompted Rehman’s sons to give an undertaking that they would hand over the possession of the house peacefully to Singh’s representatives.

Source: Hindustan Times December 24, 2020 04:27 UTC