India, Nov. 21 -- Law catches up, they say. In my case, it was I who caught up with the law. Insulated from the civvie humdrum for 27 years while in the army, I was exposed to the ways of life when our hither to fore nice tenant flatly refused to vacate our house. An ex-army friend and a neighbour put me wise, "There is a provision in the law which facilitates immediate vacation of your premises required for personal use. Go ahead and file a case. Remember, it needs to be filed within a year of retirement." And it was the eleventh month running!

I sent a message through my mother to the reticent tenant for a rethink before I approach the court. The request was declined and the lady (the tenant's wife) rubbed salt into the wounds by indic...