Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 · Chapter III: Control of Eviction of Tenants
Section 25: Vacant possession to landlord
Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, where the interest of a tenant in any premises is determined for any reason whatsoever and any order is made by the Controller under this Act for the recovery of possession of such premises the order shall, subject to the provisions of section 18, be binding on all persons who may be in occupation of the premises and vacant possession thereof shall be given to the landlord by evicting all such person therefrom:
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to any persons who has an independent title to such premises.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 25
- Savitri Sahay v. Sachidanand Prasad
- M/S Cox and Kings Ltd. and Anr. v. Smt. Chander Malhotra
- Mst. Surayya Begum, Etc v. Mohd. Usman and Ors., Etc.
- Girdhari Lal & Sons v. Balbir Nath Mathur & Ors.
- Precision Steel and Engineering Works and Another v. Prem Deva Niranjan Deva Tayal
- Parasram Harnand Rao v. Shanti Prasad Narinder Kumar Jain & Anr.