Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 524 · Decided 17 November 1999
Habibunnisa Begum and ORS. v. G. Doraikannu Chettiar (D) BY LRS. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 524 · [1999] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 473
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 12438/1996
- Decided
- 17 November 1999
- Bench
- V.N. KHARE, S.N. PHUKAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Tamil Nadu Building (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960-Single Indivisible tenancy-No provision in the Act for splitting the said tenancy­ Effect of-Held, tenancy cannot be split. Appellant-landlord leased out under single indivisible contract of tenancy some structure on Door No. 27, to the raised constructions on Door Nos. 27 and 28 in terms of the lease. The tenant claimed to be the owner of A B c the structure, remitted rent to the landlord only in respect of land which was refused. Landlord filed a suit for ejectment of the tenant which was decreed D by the Trial Court and
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