Supreme Court · 1973 INSC 155 · Decided 28 August 1973
Delhi Development Authority v. Durga Chand Kaushish
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1973 INSC 155 · [1974] 1 S.C.R. 535
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 298/1973
- Decided
- 28 August 1973
- Bench
- KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW, M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 80; Constitution
Headnote
Dtrd--C 01&structio11 of. 535 The Secretary of State for India had entered into a lease with the respondent ·in 1931. 'J'he lease was for a term of ninety years. The leased land was cntrust­ (d for management on behalf of the Government of India to the Delhi Improve· ment Development Authority. The lessee had paid a permiulii. in considerat!on of the lc""'i and had agreed to pay an annual rent of Rs. 465 /- for the duration of the· lease. Covenant 9 of the deed provided· that "_the lessor. will at the request and ccist of the l~'e at
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