India Case Law

BRITISH MOTOR CAR COMPANY (1939) LTD. versus M/S HINDUSTAN COMMERCIAL BANK LTD. SINCE HAS BEEN MERGED INTO PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK & ANR.

The Supreme Court held that amalgamation of the tenant bank with PNB amounted to parting with possession without written consent, attracting Section 14(1)(b) DRC Act.

• Section 14(1)(b) of the delhi rent control act, 1958
• Amalgamation under section 45 of the banking regulation act, 1949
• Parting with possession
• Assignment of tenancy rights
• Effect of amalgamation on tenancy
• Delhi-rent-control-act

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SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL versus ISMAT AHMED AND OTHERS

Because the tenant neither deposited or paid the arrears nor filed the application for determination of rent within the 30‑day period prescribed by s.7(1) and the first part of s.7(2), those requirements are mandatory (the word 'shall') and the proviso to s.7(2) permitting one extension up to two months applies only to payment of the amount after judicial determination; the Limitation Act cannot be used to extend a shorter period prescribed by the WBPT Act, therefore the tenant could not avail protection against eviction and the courts below were correct to refuse condonation under s.5 Limita…

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• Section 7 west bengal premises tenancy act, 1997
• Deposit of rent
• Protection against eviction
• Proviso to s.7(2) and extension of time
• Mandatory versus directory statutory provisions
• Applicability of limitation act, 1963

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RAJIV GHOSH versus SATYA NARYAN JAISWAL

Having regard to the clear and unequivocal admissions in the defendant's written statement which satisfy the factual ingredients of Section 2(g) of the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1997, the High Court correctly applied Order XII Rule 6 CPC to decree the suit on admission; Rule 6 permits judgment on admissions (including those in pleadings) and is discretionary but properly exercised here to grant the decree and draw a decree under sub-rule (2).

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• Order xii rule 6 cpc
• Judgment on admissions
• Eviction
• West bengal premises tenancy act, 1997 s.2(g)

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RAMA KT. BARMAN (DIED) THR. LRS. versus MD. MAHIM ALI & ORS.

The High Court's judgment and decree were set aside and the matter remanded because the High Court framed four additional substantial questions of law that were not raised in the courts below and decided them without giving the parties an opportunity to lead evidence; the Second Appeal must be decided afresh by the High Court in accordance with Order XLI CPC.

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• Order xli cpc
• Appeals from appellate decree
• Substantial question of law
• Admission of evidence on additional issues
• Status quo pending appeal

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BABAN BALAJI MORE (DEAD) BY LRS. & OTHERS versus BABAJI HARI SHELAR (DEAD) BY LRS. & OTHERS

The subject Patel Watan lands were not government lands within s.88(1)(a) save where assigned as remuneration under s.23; by virtue of the Explanation and s.88CA the Watan lands were covered by the Tenancy Act but temporarily exempt from sections 32–32R etc until the Abolition Act came into force; upon commencement of the Abolition Act (01.01.1963) the limited exemption ceased and lawfully leased Watan land with a subsisting lease as on that date became fully governed by the Tenancy Act, entitling tenants to statutory purchase (s.32) in terms of s.8 of the Abolition Act; consequently the appe…

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• Watan lands
• Patel watan
• Tillers' day
• Statutory purchase
• Applicability of tenancy act
• Regrant under abolition act

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KESHAV BHAURAO YEOLE (D) BY LRS. versus MURALIDHAR (D) & ORS.

The landlord's own holding was found to be 13 acres of jirayat land, which does not exceed one unit of economic holding (16 acres); applying the amended notification under s.43A(3) and s.33B(5)(b) (not ss.31A/31B), the entitlement is to restore so much leased land as will result in landlord and tenants holding equal total areas for personal cultivation; the High Court's remand to re-examine bona fide requirement after the landlord's death was erroneous because the relevant date is the date of filing the eviction application; applying the formula in Devidas Narayan More v. Chunnilal Bhailal Wa…

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• Termination of tenancy
• Personal cultivation
• Economic holding
• Application of notifications under s.43a
• Remand by court

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DEBASISH PAUL & ANR. versus AMAL BORAL

While the Limitation Act is generally applicable to proceedings under the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act by virtue of Section 40, a specific shorter or restrictive time provision in the Tenancy Act (Section 7 and its proviso) cannot be expanded by resort to Section 5 of the Limitation Act; deposit of arrears as required by Section 7 is a mandatory precondition and the tenant, having neither deposited arrears nor sought the limited one-time extension within the proviso, cannot succeed merely by alleging incorrect legal advice; accordingly the High Court's direction to permit filing under Sec…

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• Section 5 limitation act, 1963
• Section 7(1) and 7(2) west bengal premises tenancy act, 1997
• Section 40 west bengal premises tenancy act, 1997
• Condonation of delay
• Deposit of arrears of rent
• Protection against eviction

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STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANR. versus RAVI KUMAR (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS

The High Court's conflicting and insufficiently reasoned findings on the nature of the 1947 Sale Deed and on whether prior written approval required by the 1924 lease was validly obtained, together with absence of original records and unresolved questions about applicable tenancy law and revenue entries, were material defects preventing a final adjudication; accordingly the High Court judgments were set aside and the matters remanded for fresh adjudication with production and scrutiny of original records and notifications, with status quo maintained.

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• Sale versus leasehold rights
• Prior written approval under government grants act of 1895
• Status of occupancy tenant under u.p. tenancy act, 1939
• Mutation and revenue entries
• Doctrine of holding over and acquiescence
• Remand for fresh adjudication

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EIH LIMITED versus NADIAVIRJI

Where a tenancy agreement fixes a specific monthly rent and separately obliges the tenant to pay municipal taxes, the statutory apportionment of municipal tax on the tenant (and its recoverability as if it were rent under Section 231 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980) makes such tax recoverable by rent remedies but does not make the tax a part of the contractual monthly rent for determining applicability of the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1997; because the agreement fixed rent at Rs.10,000 per month and taxes were separate, the Act 1997 applied and the suit under Section 10…

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• Applicability of west bengal premises tenancy act, 1997
• Definition and composition of 'rent'
• Recovery of municipal tax as arrears of rent
• Rejection of plaint under order 7 rule 11 cpc
• Interaction of kolkata municipal corporation act, 1980 with tenancy law

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NEMAI CHANDRA KUMAR (D) THR. LRS. & ORS versus MANI SQUARE LTD. & ORS

The appellants were not thika tenants. The structures on the property were pucca in nature and the original lease was for 20 years (excluded by the 1949 Act); the Act of 1981 was stayed qua the subject property and thus did not effect vesting; the 2001 Act as originally enacted did not include 'pucca structure' in the thika-tenant definition and the 2010 amendment inserting that phrase was given prospective effect from 01.11.2010 and could not retroactively make the appellants thika tenants (the lease having expired on 30.11.1993 and appellants not liable to pay rent thereafter). The High Cou…

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• Thika tenancy
• Vesting of landlord's interest
• Statutory interpretation
• Retrospective and prospective effect of amendments
• Effect of lease expiry
• Pucca vs kutcha structure

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