Until October, 34-year-old Payel Bhattacharjee had one person in the world to thank: Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen.?

Now, she has one more. Saket Court Judge Tanvi Khurana.?

While Sen had funded her last radiation therapy, Judge Khurana has ordered her landlord to let her stay in her Malviya Nagar rented accommodation for five more months. Her landlord had asked her to vacate the premises immediately.?




Payel Bhattacharjee has been allowed by the courts to stay for five more months in her rented accommodation

Bhattacharjee is suffering from a rare genetic disease ? Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL), wherein blood tumours keep forming in blood vessels. Doctors say life expectancy of those with such disorder is not beyond their 40s.?

Bhattacharjee says her landlord was hounding her to vacate the flat despite her inability to shift in such condition. Now, she can stay in that house for the next five months, a crucial period that can either heal her or worsen her condition.?




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Bhattacharjee had moved to Delhi for treatment at a super specialty hospital and rented a flat in Malviya Nagar along with her widowed mother in 2012. Suffering and under radiation, she claims she was harassed by her landlord who wanted her out on the pretext of renovating the house.?

When she said she would want to stay on for her treatment, he moved court seeking directions for her to evict the house.?

"Payel and her mother have been my tenants for the past four years. They are nice people and have my full sympathies. My building has seepage problem that needs immediate attention. I had been requesting them to vacate the house for only 15 days so that I can carry out repair work. I had even offered to give them contact details of movers and Packers and movers in Gurgaon and help them shift. When they said no, I had to move court," Lovkesh Bajaj told Mail Today.?











The court has ordered Payel Bhattacharjee's landlord to let her stay in the rented accommodation in Malviya Nagar, New Delhi, for another five months

Bhattacharjee told the court that she is suffering from a rare genetic disorder and sought relief for six months.?

She told Mail Today: "I have recently gotten radiation therapy and therefore could not move out for the next six months on medical grounds. The landlord had started troubling me to vacate the premises. He even disconnected the main power supply to our house. I had gone through serious mental stress due to his constant pressure to vacate the house that only worsened my condition."?

Much to her relief, the court ruled in her favour. The judge gave Bhattacharjee a period of five months to vacate Bajaj's flat.?

Varun Dev Mishra, Bhattacharjee's counsel, said: "I was handed the case while it was already under trial.?We decided to take it forward on the ground of equity and justice. The judgement in this case has been given keeping the principle of equity in mind."?

Bhattacharjee had undergone her first surgery to remove tumour in the left forefoot at the age of 12. It was in 2006 that doctors diagnosed her with Von Hippel- Lindau after she went for a brain tumor surgery. Since then she has gone through nine surgeries and is facing major financial crisis to carry on with her medical treatment.?

Dr. Ishita Sen, director and head, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon, one of the doctors treating Bhattacharjee, told Mail Today: "Worldwide, the ratio of patients suffering from this rare genetic disorder is 1:32000 live births. Payel cannot see from one eye, has a problem in expressing herself, cannot walk and her tumour does not seem to stop. In her case, chances of survival are bleak as she has suffered all possible repercussions of this disorder. However, she is a strong woman. These six months after her radiation therapy are rather crucial as she will go through the side-effects, after which her body might start healing. Or might not. In these six months, it is important for her to take utmost care."

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