Karnataka High Court Allows Landlord’s Plea To ‘Strike Off’ Tennant’s Defence In Eviction Suit For Defying Order To Pay Outstanding Rent
“Judicial discretion must not be exercised in favour of a party indulging in contumacious defiance. No party has a right to be heard on merits, when interim orders are violated with impunity,” said the Karnataka High Court while quashing a trial court order which rejected a landlord’ plea to strike off the tenant’s defence in…