Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 24 · Decided 15 January 2001
Delhi Golf Club LTD. and ANR. v. N.D.M.C.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 24 · [2001] 1 S.C.R. 376
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5898/1997
- Decided
- 15 January 2001
- Bench
- S.P. BHARUCHA, DORAISWAMY RAJU, RUMA PAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Companies Act
Headnote
Punjab Municipal Act, 1911: Property Tax-levy of-A limited company was granted temporary C lease of Government land for a period of 20 years only for the purpose of running a Golf club and for no other purposes-Any continuance even after the expiry of 20 years was also to be on a temporary Property tax demanded from the company-Liability of-Held: The company is not a owner but only a temporary lessee-The various restriction clauses D in the lease deed indicate that the company is not a tenant-in-perpetuity­ Therefore, no tenant other than a tenent-in-perpetuity is
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