Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 332 · Decided 15 December 1976
G. Ponniah Thevar v. Nellayam Perumal Pillai and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 332 · [1977] 2 S.C.R. 446
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 523/1976
- Decided
- 15 December 1976
- Bench
- A.N. RAY, M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, JASWANT SINGH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Madras Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1955, s. 2(e) "Landlord", whe­ t~er relates only Ir;> creator of lease-Section 3 ( 1) whether protects tenancy rzghts created by /lie-estate holder ;extending beyond his life-time-Provisions ot Act, whether prospective. C T~e evict the appellant, a cultivating tenant, on the ground that his tenancy rights created by Annamalai Ammal, a life-estate holder hact ceased with her death. The appellant claimed protection under s. 3 ( 1) of the Madras Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1955. The respondents contended that
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