Delhi High Court, on 28 September 2026, directed a shop tenant to vacate a 238.38‑sq‑ft retail space in the Chanakyapuri area and pay mesne profits for the period he remained without permission.
The tenant had signed three unregistered rent agreements—2014, 2016, and 2018—each citing a monthly rent that the landlords later claimed rose from ₹25,500 to ₹29,000.
He alleged that he had paid ₹10 lakh in cash between November 2016 and March 2017 as a security deposit, yet he presented no receipt.
During the hearing, the tenant’s mother testified that the shop was rented in 2014 for ₹25,500 a month and denied issuing any receipt for a ₹4.5 lakh portion of the supposed deposit.
The court noted the landlord couple’s admission that the 2018 agreement had been forged and that the rent had been collected in cash to evade GST and income‑tax reporting.
With no documentary proof of the ₹10 lakh sum, the judge ruled the tenant’s claim baseless and ordered him to vacate and pay the landlords for the unauthorized stay. The ruling is final as of today; the tenant has not yet indicated whether he will seek appeal in the Supreme Court.