Legal Opinion

Bakht v. Akhtar

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Decided December 14, 2007PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

Final judgment reversed without costs and petition dismissed.

Tenant appellant Shirin Akhtar is the daughter-in-law of tenants Afruz Bakht and Quazi Z. Begum, the estranged wife of tenant Mohammad J. Bakht, and the sister-in-law of landlords. Following their marriage, appellant and her husband moved into the subject premises, already occupied by appellant’s parents-in-law. When the marriage broke up, appellant obtained two orders of protection against her husband, barring her husband from the premises. None of the tenants herein have a lease or has ever paid…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. City of New York v. Chemical BankNew York Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Rochdale Village, Inc. v. GoodeAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2007
  3. 50 Court Street Associates v. Mendelson & MendelsonCivil Court of the City of New York · 1991
  4. House of Bowery Corp. v. EnsleyCivil Court of the City of New York · 1999

3Cited by3 opinions

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