Hyderabad: The Hyderabad High Court has made it clear that there was no provision in any of the laws of the country for automatic renewal of a lease agreement. While dismissing an appeal by the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) against an eviction order passed by a lower court in Warangal, Justice R. Kantha Rao found fault with the company’s behaviour by pointing out that it was most unjustifiable and unconscionable.
The Judge directed the IOC to vacate its retail outlet from the premises belonging to Vinoda Reddy on Hanamakonda High Way of the district. Finding fault with the company for continuing on the premises for the past 21 years unauthorised, the judge directed the IOC to vacate the premises within three months from now and hand over the possession of the same to the land owner.
Judge: Delay spoils image
Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy of the Hyderabad High Court has observed that if the courts do not respond to the just cause of the litigants, it will lead to the society losing faith in the justice dispensation system itself. Such a trend leads to anarchy in society.
The judge was disposing of a civil revision petition by Ch. Shankar Reddy challenging the action of the VIII Additional Senior Civil Judge Court of Ranga Reddy district in not assigning number to the application filed by him with a plea for returning original document (promissory note) by substituting the same with the certified copy.
The petitioner urged the high court to direct the lower court to return the said original document. Justice Nagarjuna Reddy opined that the lower court was not justified in keeping the application of the petitioner without numbering it for more than two months.
He pointed out that “it is trite that undue delays in disposal of small applications such as the present one by the Courts below causes immense hardship to the litigants. The Courts below must show the required sensitivity to the grievances of the litigants to avoid needless sufferance and strain due to unjustified delays in considering the applications". The judge directed the lower court to forthwith number the application of the petitioner and dispose of the same on merits within three weeks.
