Supreme Court · 1968 INSC 266 · Decided 10 October 1968
Rama Shankar Singh & ANR. v. MST. Shyamlata Devi and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1968 INSC 266 · [1969] 2 S.C.R. 360
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 23/1966
- Decided
- 10 October 1968
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, R.S. BACHAWAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Contract Act Section 43
Headnote
Indian Contmct Ac.t (9. of 1872), s. 43-Liability to pay rent­ lf joint. Bihar Tenancy Act, ss. 67(1), 184 and 193-Limitation-Piea not taken in written statement-Arrears of rent-Rate of interest. The plaintiffs defendants 5 to 7 and the ancestor of defendants 8 to 13 leased the forest rights of each lessee and the annual rent for the purpose of indicating what amount would be con­ tributed by each of them towards the rent jointly payable by them. It was stated in the lease that the entire lease would be terminable on de­ fault of payment of rent for two consecutive years
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