B.C. Supreme Court quashes ‘illogical’ RTB eviction decision [Video]

A B.C. tenant who alleges his landlord evicted him in bad faith will get a new chance to argue his case before the Residential Tenancy Branch, after a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled in his favour in a recent decision.

Kuljit Singh Mangat moved out of his home at the end of February 2023 after receiving an eviction notice from his landlord, Sarabjit Singh Dhindsa, according to the court decision, which was issued last month but published online earlier this week. 

Dhindsa’s stated reason for the eviction was that he intended to use the rental unit for his own “personal use.”

Mangat told the court he discovered that Dhindsa had not used the property for personal use, but rather had rented it out to a new tenant.

In B.C., landlords can evict tenants without cause if they or a close family member intend to move into the rental unit themselves. The landlord must provide a …