Section 14-D widow eviction right is limited to premises let out by her or her husband, not later purchased property.

Section 14-D of the Delhi Rent Control Act is confined to a limited class of widows: those who let out the premises, or whose husband had let them out before his death. The Constitution Bench interpretation in Nathi Devi treats the phrase "let out by her, or by her husband" as clear and controlling under Article 141. A widow who acquires tenanted premises by sale or transfer cannot invoke Section 14-D to evict a tenant already in occupation before that acquisition, and pending proceedings must follow that binding construction.

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Issues: Whether Section 14-D of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 could be invoked by a widow who had acquired the premises by purchase against a tenant already in occupation before such purchase.

Analysis: The governing interpretation of Section 14-D was settled by the Constitution Bench in Nathi Devi, which held that the expression "let out by her, or by her husband" is unambiguous and must be given its normal meaning. The provision confers a special right only on a limited class of widows, namely, those who let out the premises or whose husband had let them out before his death. A widow or her husband who acquired a tenanted premises by sale or transfer cannot use Section 14-D to evict a pre-existing tenant. That construction is binding under Article 141 and controls pending proceedings.

Conclusion: Section 14-D was not applicable, and eviction of the appellant under that provision was impermissible because she was a pre-existing tenant before the respondent's acquisition of the property.

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