HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL (Court’s order whether the case is or not approved for reporting) (Chapter VIII Rule 32 (2)(b) Description of the case. W.P. No. 860/2004(M/S) Veer Singh Bisht Nainital VS District Judge and others Approved for reporting. _______________________ Not approved for reporting Date of decision 11th October 04. Initial of Judge IN THE HGIH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL WRIT PETITION NO. 860 OF 2004 Veer Singh Bisht, son of Govind Singh Bisht, resident of Shop No. 248, Jay Lal Shah Bazar, Mallital, Nainital. …………..Petitioner Versus 1. District Judge, Nainital. 2. Prescribed Authority/Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nainital. 3. Kundal Lal Shah, son of Moti Lal Shah, resident of 248 Jay Lal Shah Bazar, Mallital, Nainital. 4. Chandra Mouli Shah, son of Kundal Lal Shah, resident of 248, Jay Lal Shah Bazar, Mallital, Nainital 5. Radha Kushum Shah, son of Kundal Lal Shah, resident of 248 Jay Lal Shah, Mallital, Nainital ……Respondents. Dated: October 11, 2004. HON’BLE RAJESH TANDON, J. Heard Sri K.N. Joshi learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing counsel for the respondents. By the present Writ Petition, the petitioner has prayed for quashing of the orders passed by the courts below allowing the application under section 21(1)(a) of U.P. Act No. 13 of 1972 for the release of ground floor of the House No. 248 Jay Lal Shah Bazar, Mallital, Nainital. Factual Aspect of the case: Briefly stated the facts of the case are that the respondent nos. 3 to 5 are the owners and landlords of the building house no. 248 Santi Kuti Jay Lal Shah Bazar Mallital, Nainital. The petitioner is a tenant of the ground-floor of house no. 248 consisting of one hall at the rate of Rs. 800/- per month. According to the case of the landlords Sri Kundal Lal Shah is a Principal retired in the year, 1987 and since then he is permanently residing with his family in the house in question and has got three rooms. The rooms are not sufficient to meet the requirement of the family members. Sri Chandra Mauli Shah is a practicing lawyer. The landlord has submitted that the premises in dispute is required for opening the chamber. Relevant paragraph nos. 5, 6 and 7 are quoted below:- “ That one room in house No. 248 known as Sant Kuti mentioned above is being used as drawing room and another two rooms are being used as bed-rooms of the applicant nos. 1 and 2 and there is no availability of any room separately for the applicant no.3. The applicant no.3 is in service in Delhi; so whenever he visits Nainital, he is compelled to adjust in the drawing room. It is not out of place to mention here that the applicants nos. 2 and 3 are the sons of the applicant no.1. That the applicant no.2 is a practicing lawyer and practicing in the District Court, Naianital and also in the Hon’ble High Court of Uttaranchal at Naianital and the length of practice of the applicant no.2 is about 8 years and he is the regular practitioner of the District Courts, Naianital as well as the Hon’ble High Court of Uttaranchal.” “That by lapse of time, the practice of applicant no. 2 is increasing and he requires a separate room for setting up his office/chamber and library and place for sitting of his clients, so that he could deal with his clients properly. But due to lack of accommodation the applicant no.2 is compelled to use his drawing room as a chamber which many a times puts the applicant no.2 and other family members in a very awkward position when guests of the family also visit at the same time when other clients of the applicant no.2 are also sitting in the drawing room. Specially, it is very problematic during summers when relatives and friends as also guests come to Nainital to stay in the house of the applicants when the applicant no.2 is faced with great difficulties in attending his clients due to lack of accommodation and non- availability of proper chamber. As stated above, there is no proper place for keeping his library and files in a proper manner, which is adversely affecting the practice of applicant no.2.” Petitioner has submitted that the petitioners are affluent persons and they do not need the accommodation. The petition was contested by the petitioner. The landlord has filed a replication and in the replication it has been noted as under:- “A- That sub clause 2 of the para 4 of the W.S. is wrong hence not admitted. The real facts are that in the second story ( first floor ) of the house no.2 48the dimensionof the front room towards Bazar is 10.6 feet and towards back it is 10.8 feet in width and 12.3 feet in length, and the dimension of box room is 5.8 feet in width length and 10.8 feet in width and along with the box room there is attached lat. And bath room measuring 6.8 feet x 3 feet and just adjacent to it towards east there are stairs to upper stories of the building. It is pertinent to mention here that the doors of bath room and way to stairs opens from the northern wall of the box room and one door is also exists in between the front room and the box room. Thus this is the position of the first floor. B- That in sub clause 3 of para 4 of the W.S. is also imaginary ,h3ence not admitted and specifically denied. The real position of the third story ( second floor ) is that the front room of the third story is of the dimension of 10.8 feet in width toward front and 10.10 feet towards back and 12.10 feet in length and just behind it the box room is of 10.10 feet in width and 5.7 feet in length, attached with lat. And bath room and staircases in the first floor of the building H.No. 248. C- That sub clause 4 of the para 4 of the W.S. of the O.P. is also imaginary, hence not admitted and specifically denied. The real position of the fourth story ( third floor ) is that the front room of the third floor is of the dimension of 10.2 feet in width towards front and 10.8 feet towards back of this room and 13.8 feet in length towards west and 9.9 feet towards east as in the same room a very small room is meant for “YOGA” for the applicant no.1. The box room along with this room is also, attach3ed having dimension of 10.8 feet x 5.6 feet along with attached bath room and stair case, with the same position as of the first and second floor. That in regard to the loft of the building the O.P. is alleging it as a big room ( HALL ) . The real fact is that the dimension of the loft is 13 feet in length and 9.5 feet in width along with the pooja room just above the left and bath room of the lower stories. Thus it is wrongly mentioned in sub clause 5 of the para 4 of the W.S. that this room is of measurement of 10 feet x 17 feet having the balcony of the measurement of 10 feet x 8 feet. The real fact is that the balcony is of measurement of 7 feet x 9.5 feet. It is also wrongly mentioned in this clause of the W.S. that the top floor consisting of lat. And bath room. The real fact is that there is no lat. and bath room in the top floor. It is not out of place to mention here that sub clause 6 of para 4 of the W.S. is contradictory to sub clause 5 of para 4 of the W.S.” A Commissioner was also appointed to inspect the premises. The Commissioner has rported as under:- Þ izFke ry ls f}rh; ry dks tkus ds fy, flQZ mRrj ls gh lhf<;ka cuh gSA f}rh; ry esa tkus okyh lhf<;ksa dks f}rh; ry ds layXu uD”ks esa Mh&2 ls iznf”kZr fd;k x;k gSA bu lhf<;ksa ds if”pe rjQ Lukukxkj o “kkSpky; cus gS ftls f}rh; ry ds layXu uD”ks esa lh&2 ls n”kkZ;k x;k gSA Mh&2 ls iznf”kZr lhf<;ksa ls nf{k.k fn”kk esa ch&2 ls iznf”kZr NksVs dejs esa izos”k gksrk gS tks fd ,&2 dejs ls yEckbZ esa vk/ks ls dqN de gSA bl ch&2 dejs esa ,d Mz~sflx Vscqy e; LVwy j[kh gq;h Fkh blds vykok ogka ij vU; iguus ds idMs] vVSfp;ka ,oa ,d cMh vkYekjh xksnjst dh j[kh FkhA ch&2 dejs ls nf{k.k fn”kk esa ,&2 dejs esa izos”k gksrk gS tks dejk csM :e ds :Ik esa iz;ksx esa gks jgk Fkk bl ,&2 dejs esa ,d Mcy csM iMk Fkk rFkk ,d Vh0ch0 ds”k cukFkk ftlesa ,d Vh0ch0] Vw&bu&ou] ch0lh0ih0 vkfn lkexzh j[kh gqbZ Fkh rFkk ,d dqlhZ Hkh FkhA f}rh; ry ls r`rh; ry dks tkus ds fy, mRrj fn”kk ls f}rh; ry ds layXu uD”ks esa iznf”kZr Mh&2 ls tk;k tkrk gSA r`rh; ry esa izos”k r`rh; ry ds layXu uD”ks esa bZ&3 ls iznf”kZr lhf<;ksa ls fd;k tkrk gSA bZ&3 ds if”pe fn”kk esa Lukukxkj o “kkSpky; cus gSA ftldks r`rh; ry ds layXu uD”ks esa Mh&3 ls iznf”kZr fd;k x;k gSAbZ&3 ls nf{k.k dks ,d NksVs dejs esa izos”k gksrk gS ftldks r`rh; ry ds layXu uD”ks esa lh&3 ls iznf”kZr fd;k x;k gSA bl dejs esa ?kjsyw lkeku vVSfp;ka] dims o,d NksVh lh vkyekjh o vU; lkeku j[ks gq;s FksA lh&3 dejs ls nf{k.k fn”kk es fLFkr ch&3 dejs esa izos”k fd;k tkrk gS tks fd csM :e ds iz;ksx esa yk;k tk jgk Fkkbl ch&3 dejs esa ,d cMk csM j[kkFkk] ,d NksVk Vh0ch0 if”pe nf{k.k dksus ij cuh vkYekjh esa j[kk Fkk bl dejs esa blds vykok nks QksfYMx dqflZ;k if”pe fn”kk esa j[kh Fkh rFkk if”pe fn”kk ds mRrjh dksus ij ,d ckal ls cuh vkYekjh j[kh Fkh ftlesa gksE;ksiSFkh] v/;kRe ,oa ;ksxk vkfn ls lEWcfU/kr fdrkcsa j[kh gq;h FkhA ch&3 csM :e ls nf{k.k fn”kk dks ,d doMZ ckyduh ds :I esa ,d NksVk lk dejk ,&3 ftldh yEckbZ ek= 3-50 QhV gS ftlesa ,d cMk jtkbZ xnns j[ks gq;s FksA bl cDls ds mij dqN dims o vU; lkeku j[ks Fks blds vykok bl dejs esa ,d QksfYMx Vscqy j[kk FkkA r`rh; ry ls mRrj fn”kk esa fLFkr bZ&3 ls iznf”kZr lhf<;ksa ls prqFkZ ry tks fd ykSQV gS esa tk;k tkrk gSA bl ykSQV esa izos”k prqFkZ ry @ykSQV ds layXu uD”ks esa iznf”kZr Mh&4 lhf<;ksa ls izos”k fd;k tkrk gSA Mh&4 ds if”pe esa iwtk dk dejk lh&4 fLFkr gSA ftlesa eafnj cuk gS vkSj tgka ij cgqr lkjs Hkxokuksa dh ewfrZ;ka j[kh gS QksVks yxs gSa] rFkk iwtu lkexzh j[kh gq;h FkhA bl ykSQV esa dksbZ Lukukxkj o “kkSpky; ugha cuk gSA Mh&4 ls iznf”kZr lhf<;ksa ls nf{k.k fn”kk esa fLFkr fdpu tks fd ykSQV@prqFkZ ry gS esa izos”k fd;k tkrk gS ftldks layXu uD”ks esa ch&4 ls iznf”kZr fd;k x;k gSA bl fdpu esa ,d xSl flysUMj] xSl dk pwYgk] crZu [kkuk cukus ls lEcfU/kr lkefxz;kW j[kh Fkh rFkk xSl pwYgk Vscqy ij j[kk FkkA bl jlksbZ ?kj esa ,d Vh0ch0 Hkh j[kk FkkA ch&4 jlksbZ?kj ¼fdpu½ ls nf{k.k fn”kkesa ,d [kqyh ckyduh cuh gS ftls layXu uD”ks esa ,&4 ls iznf”kZr fd;k x;k gSA egksn; eSaus fujh{k.k ds nkSjku tks okLrfod fLFkfr izkFkhx.k ds Hkou dh Fkh mls mij of.kZr dj fn;k gS rFkkdejksa vkfn dh uki layXu uD”ks esa tks fd izR;sd ry ds vyx vyx cuk;s gSa] esa ns nh gSA uke esa ,d nks bap dk QdZ vk ldrk gS ijUrq blls T;knk dk ughaAß Kundan Lal Shah has also filed his affidavit . Paragraph nos. 7 and 8 of the affidavit are quoted below:- “That the ground floor of the building is under the tenancy of the O.P. and in the remaining first floor, second floor, third floor and loft are under the possession of the applicant and these remaining portion under the possession of the applicants consists of following accommodation:- a: In the first floor of the house no. 248 only one room exists in the front towards bazaar measuring 10.6 Ft. and towards back it is 10.8 Ft in width and 12.3 Ft. in length and just behind it, there is a box room measuring 5.8 Ft. in length and 10.8 Ft. in width and along with the box room, there is attached Latrine and Bath Room measuring 6.8 Ft. x 3 Ft. and just adjacent to it there are stair case to upper storey of the building. It is pertinent to mention here that the doors of the bath room and way to stairs open from the northern wall of the box room and one door is also exists between the front room and the box room. b:In the second floor of the building, the front room is of the dimension 10.8 Ft in width towards front and 10.10 Ft. towards back and 12.10 Ft. in length and just adjacent to it towards back, there is a box room of the measurement of 10.10 Ft in width and 5.7 Ft. in length with attached latrine and bath room and stair case as in the first floor. c: In third floor, the front room is of the dimension of 10.2 Ft. in width towards front and 10.8 Ft. towards back of this room and 13.8 Ft. in length towards west and 13.8 Ft. towards east as in the same room, very small room is meant for Yoga for the deponent and the box room attached with this room having dimension of 10.8 Ft. X 5.6 Ft. along with attached latrine and bath room and stair case with the same position as in the first and second floor. d: That there is a Loft of the building and can not be said to be as Hall as the dimension of this Loft is 13 Ft. in length and 9.5 Ft. in width along with the Pooja Room just above the latrine and bath room of the lower storey. It is not out of place to mention here that in sub-clause 5 of para 4 of W.S. that this room having dimension of 10 X 17 Ft. having the Balcony having the measurement 10 Ft. x 8 Ft is wrong. The reality is that the Balcony in front of the Loft is of the dimension of 7 X 9.5 Ft. consisting no latrine and bath room in the Loft. To make the position clear, the deponent is annexing the rough sketch map of the accommodation along with his Affidavit is Annexure –A. That the applicant no.2 is co-owner and landlord of the house no. 248 is the son of the deponent is a practicing lawyer and practicing in the District Court, Nainital and also in the Hon’ble High Court of Uttaranchal at Nainital under the junior ship of Shri Rakesh Thapliyal, Advocate, Additional Standing Counsel of Government of India for which effect a certificate has also been issued on dated 1.5.2001 by Sri Rakesh Thapliyal, Advocate a Photostat copy of the same is being annexed along with this affidavit as Annexure-B. The length of the practice of Sri Chandra Mauli Shah, applicant no.2 is about 9 years.” The Chandra Muali Shah has also filed his own affidavit, who has stated that the premises is required for establishing the chamber. Paragraph 10 of the affidavit is quoted below:- “ That the applicant no. 1 is being related with education, he also fond of spiritual activities and due to this he has good public dealings and social status in Nainital. In the same manner, the deponent having 9 years of practice, has a large social standing contacts, but due to lack of accommodation, the applicant no. 1 and the deponent are facing great difficulties in fulfilling their social as well as professional liabilities and responsibilities. It is pertinent to mention here that the deponent is a married man having one son, but due to non availability of separate office/chamber, his earnings are being adversely affected.” The prescribed authority by his order dated 23rd Dec. 2003 has released the accommodation. The prescribed authority has held as under:- Þfoi{kh la02 pUnz eksyh lkg vf/koDrk gSa tks ftyk U;k;ky; ,oa ekuuh; mPp U;k;ky; mRrjkapy esa viuk odkyr dk dk;Z djrs gSa vkSj ftudh odkyr yxHkx 11 o’kZ dh gks x;h gS vkSj ftuds pSEcj ds fy;s dksbZ Hkh `iFkd dejk ugha gS fulUnsg fdlh LVksj esa dksbZ pSEcj ugha cuk;k tk ldrk gS vkSj u gh mlesa iqLrdsk dk j[k j[kko ,oa vius o okndkfj;ksa dks cSBus dh O;oLFkk gks ldrh gSA tcfd izkFkhZx.k ds ikl dsoy ,d Mz~kbax :e o nks cSM :e gSa vkSj tks fd i{kdkj fujfojks/k Lohdkj djrs gS vkSj ,d cSM :e esa izkFkhZ la01 o mldh iRuh fuokl djrs gSaq rFkk nwljs cSM :e esa izkFkhZ ua-2 o mldh iRuh o cPph jgrh gSA izkFkhZx.k dk la;qDr ifjokj gS vkSj ,d lkFk gh Hkkstu vkfn Hkh curk gS] tc fd izkFkhZ la03 ds fy, dksbZ Hkh `iFkd cSM :e ugha gS fulUnsg izkFkhZ u03 Mz~kbax :e esa lksrk gS ;g Hkh rF; fujfojks/k :Ik ls Lohdkj gSA izkFkhZ la-3 fnYyh esa lfoZl djrk gS tks dHkh dHkh uSuhrky vkrk gSA pwafd izkFkhZ uW-2 ds ikl vius okndkfj;ksa dks Mhy djus ds fy, dksbZ `iFkd LFkku fookfnr nqdku ds vykok ugha gS ,Slh fLFkfr esa fulUnsg Mz~kbx :e esa izkFkhZ la-2 ds Onkjk ftu dkuwuh iqLrdks ,oa i=kofy;ksa dk j[k j[kko djus o okndkfj;ksa dks Mhy djuk lEHko ugha gS vkSj pwWfd Mz~kbax :e esa jkst ejkZ dh Hkkafr ukrs fj”rsnkj vkl ikl ds ifjfprksa dk vkuk tkuk cuk jgrk gS Hkh LokHkkfod gSA ,Slh fLFkfr esa ,d vf/koDrk ds fy, ,d `iFkd pSEcj dh vko”;drk furkUr vko”;d gS vkSj fookfnr nqdku ds vfrfjDr izkFkhZx.k ds ikl vU; dksbZ dejk o nqdku izkFkhZ la02 ds psEcj gsrq miyC/k ugha gS vkSj foi{kh Onkjk Hkh Hkou la- 248 dks ,dksMesa”ku ds vfrfjDr vU; fdlhLFkku ij izkFkhZx.k ds ikl dksbZ LFkku gksuk ugha crk;k x;k gS tc fd foi{kh ds ikl fookfnr nqdku ds vfrfjDr nqdku u0 339 t; yky lkg cktkj eYyhrky uSuhrky o ,d vU; nqdku ,Eik;j gksVy rYyhrky esa Hkh uSuh VkbijkbVj ds uke ls gSA foi{kh dk ;g dFku nqdku la- 229 mlds HkkbZ eksgu flag Onkjk pykbZ tk jgh gS i=koyh ij miyC/k QksVks izfr udy izkFkZuk i= vkcVua 24&x@1 o 24&x@2] 25&x@1 o 25&x@2 o “kiFk i= 26&x@1 ls fo”oluh; ugha gS rFkk 27&x@1 udy fu.kZ; ftyk iwfrZ vf/kdkjh @izk0v0 ¼jsa0 dsa0½ uSuhrky Jh chjflag cuke Jherh gfjfiz;k iUr ls Hkh Li’V gS fd nqdku la0 229 t; yky lkg cktkj foi{kh chjflag] eksgu flag o gjh”k flag ds uke Vkbi jkbZVj izf”k{k.k gsrq vkcfVr gqbZ Fkh rFkk vU; nqdku ,Eik;j gksVy foi{kh ds ikl gS ,Slh fLFkfr esa fookfnr nqdku dks izkFkhZx.k ds gd esa fjyht djus esa dksbZ dfBukbZ foi{kh dks ugha gksuh pkfg, vkSj u gh foi{kh dk dkjksckj izHkkfor gksuk gS vkSj u gh xzkgdksa esa foi{kh dh Nfc [kjkc gksrh gS D;ksafd foi{kh ds ikl fookfnr nqdku ds vfrfjDr vU; nks nqdkukr uSuh Vkbi jkbVj laLFkku uSuhrky ds uke ls fLFkr gSa tc fd izkFkhZx.k ds ikl izkFkhZ la02 ds pSEcj ds fy, mlds odkyr dk;Z esa mlds lkekftd Lrj dks ns[krs gq, fookfnr nqdku dks crkSj psEcj dh furkUr vko”;drk gtS rnuqlkj i{kdkjksa ds dfBukb;ksa dks n`f’Vxr j[krs gq;s fookfnr nqdku dks [kkyh u djokus dh n”kk esa] foi{kh dh rqyuk esa izkFkhZx.k dks vR;f/kd dfBukbZ mRiUu gksuk lEHko gSA tcfd izkFkhZ la0 2 ds fy, fookfnr nqdku dh rhcz o lnHkkoh vko”;drk gSAß The appellate authority has considered the requirement of the landlord after considering the inspection report. The appellate court has observed as under under:- Þblfy, Hkwry esa tks nqdku vihykFkhZ ds dCts esa gS] mldh vko”;drk izkFkhZ la02 dks pSEcj ds fy;s gSA fdjk;snkj Hkou Lokeh dks ;g funsZf”kr ugha dj ldrk gS fd og fdl dejs esa viuk pSEcj cuk;s vkSj Hkou Lokeh gh ;g lqfuf”pr dj ldrk gS fd mls pSEcj ds fy, fdl dejs dh vko”;drk gS tSlk fd 1996 ,l0lh0lh0 ist 344 ehuky ,dukFk df”kjlkxj cuke V~sMl ,.M ,tsalht o vU; esa ekuuh; mPpre U;k;ky; us ekU;rk nh gS fd Hkou Lokeh vius vkokl dh vko”;drk ds fy, Loa; U;k;k/kh”k gSA ;gh ekU;rk 1996 lqizhe dksVZ dslst ist 353 izfrHkk nsch cuke Vh0cxh0 d`’.ku esa nh x;h gSA ts0lh0 vy0vkj0 2002 ist 532 Jherh yyh nsch cuke }knl vij ftyk tt vkxjk o vU; esa bykgkckn mPp U;k;ky; us ekU;rk nh gS fd ;fn edku ekfyd dks edku dh vko”;drk vius O;olk; ds fy, gS vkSj mlds ikl vU; dksbZ Hkou ugha gS rc og vko”;drk Hkou Lokeh ds i{k esa ekuh tk;sxhA ;fn fdjk;snkj dk ;g dFku gS fd mlds ikl dksbZ Hkou ugha gS rc Hkh izkFkZuk i= vLohdku djus dk dksbZ vk/kkj ugha gksxkA 1996 ¼6½ lqizhe dksVZ ist 222 f”ko Lo:Ik xqIrk cuke Mk0 egs”k pUnz xqIrk esa ekuuh; mPpre U;k;ky; us ekU;rk nh gS fd Hkou Lokeh dks ;g fl} djuk vko”;dr gS fd mldh vko”;drk lnHkkoh gS vkSj dsoy mldh bPNk ds vk/kkj ij gh izkFkZuk i= Lohdkj ugha fd;k tk ldrkA lqizhe dksVZ dslst 2000 ¼1½ izt 679 jk?kosUnz dqekj cuke QeZ izse e”khujh o vU; esa ekuuh; mPpre U;k;ky; us ekU;rk nh gS fd Hkou Lokeh gh ;g fu.khZr dj ldrk gS fd dkSu ls Hkou dh mldks vko”;drk gSaA 2002 lqizhe dksVZ ,isDl dksVZ ttesaV ist 204 vkj0lh0 Vekjdj cuke fuf/k ys[kk esa Hkh mPpre U;k;ky; us ekU;rk nh gS fd Hkou Lokeh dks fu.khZr djukgS fd og fdl izdkj vius Hkou dk iz;ksx djsaA vr% mijksDr fu.kZ;ksa ds vk/kkj ij izkFkhZ la0 2 us tks vius odkyr ds O;olk; gsrq psEcj dh vko”;drk crkbZ gS og vko”;drk lnHkkoh]bekunkjhiwoZd ,oa okLrfod gSA mldks dsoy ,d bPNk ds :Ik esa ugh ekuk tk ldrk tSlkfd vihykFkhZ ds fo}ku vf/koDrk dk rdZ FkkAß Requirement of the Advocate: In the matter of Gurucharan Singh and another vs. N.P.Agarwal and others 2001(1) Allahabad Rent Cases page 607 it has been held as under:- “ The tenanted accommodation as described above, comprises of two shops and two adjoining rooms. The need of the landlords to occupy the said accommodation cannot be said to be fanciful or imaginary. It is bona fide and honest, insofar as it relates to the settlment of Anurag Agarwal in share business and Smt. Rajni Agarwal, wife of Sandeep Agarwal in establishing a chamber for legal profession. Capital was sought to be made on the point that husband of Smt. Rajni Agarwal is posted as Lucknow and there appears to be no reason why Smt. Rajni Agarwal should stay away from her husband. It was also abliquely suggested that she is not in active practice as an Advocate at Kanpur. There is enough material on record to suggest that she is staying at Kanpur with her in-laws and brother-in-law as her husband is posted at Lucknow on a transferable post. The children of Smt. Rajni Agarwal are admitted in Kanpur. Lucknow is a place not far away from Knpur and Sandeep Agarwal is in a position to visit Kanpur off and on after office hours or on holidays. Now he has come back on transfer to Kanpur to live with his parents and wife. The President Bar Association of Kanpur has issued a certificate that Smt. Rajni Agarwal is enrolled as an Advocate and is, in fact, engaged in legal practice. The details of the cases in which Smt. Rajni Agarwal has put in her appearance before the various courts in Kanpur as an Advocate have been given. There is substantial material of record to prove the fact that Smt. Rajni Aga4wal in active practice. A practicing Advocate undoubtedly is required to have a separate, office which may have enough space to house a library, record room to accommodate