Adamjee v. Board of Review, Ceiling on Housing Property and Others – sllr 1985 volume 1 page 169

In ADAMJEE v. BOARD OF REVIEW, CEILING ON HOUSING PROPERTY AND OTHERS, the court addressed the legality of an order by the Board of Review relating to an application for a Writ of Certiorari under the Ceiling on Housing Property Law No. 1 of 1973. The proceedings examined whether premises, partly let out to boarders and partly used as a residence, qualified as a “house” within the meaning of the law, and whether the 5th respondent possessed sufficient financial capacity to complete the purchase, considering also the relevance of a constructive trust claim involving her son. It was held that the premises were predominantly residential and that prima facie proof of financial means existed on the part of the 5th respondent, thus justifying the dismissal of the writ application. The principle