Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 501 · Decided 5 July 2016
Sudhakaran v. CORP. of Trivandrum & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 501 · [2016] 4 S.C.R. 1043
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5435/2016
- Decided
- 5 July 2016
- Bench
- V. GOPALA GOWDA, ADARSH KUMAR GOEL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Kera/a Municipality Act, 1994 - s.492(3) - Requirement of consent of landlord - For obtaining licence - Whether required only when the licence is obtained for the jirst time or also at the time of its renewal - Held: As per s.492(3) requirement of consent of landlord is required only when the time - Such consent is not required for renewal of the licence - However, even for obtaining the licence for--the first time, applicant-tenant cannot be deprived of running lawful busi­ ness merely because landlord withheld the consent - Valid tenancy itself has implied authority of the
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