Landlord’s Legal Heirs Can Amend Eviction Suit to Include Bona Fide Need: Supreme Court

In an important ruling, the Supreme Court interpreted Order VI Rule 17 Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and held that legal heirs of a deceased landlord can amend an eviction suit to add additional grounds of bona fide need. The case titled Vinay Raghunath Deshmukh versus Natwarlal Shamji Gada and Another clarified how courts should deal with subsequent developments in eviction matters. Background of the Dispute The original landlord had…