Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1419 · Decided 29 November 1996
The State of West Bengal and ANR. v. Kailash Chandra Kapur and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1419 · [1996] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 398
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 15703/1996
- Decided
- 29 November 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.T. NANAVATI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226; Registration Act
Headnote
Lease-{}ovemment land-Bequest of lease-hold right by lessee in favour of a stranger-Pennissibility of-Lease for 999 years granted by Govemment-Lessee executed a will bequeathing demised land in favour of C a stranger-Death of lessee-Thereafter legatee obtained probate of will and applied for Court to mutate the name of legatee as lessee-Order confim1ed by Division Bench-Appeal-Held, it is settled law that though lease hold interest may be bequeathed by a testamentary disposi­ tion, the landlord is not bound by it nor a stranger be tTUsted as tenant against D the u11willing
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