Supreme Court of India

Chandranath Mukherjee v. Tusharika Debi and Others

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Reported as [1959] 1 S.C.R. 226
Bench Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha J.
Decided 24 March 1958

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Permanent Tenure-Right of successor to recover arrears of rent by suit-Notice of sitccession to landlord within six months, if mandatory-Mutation in landlord's rent roll-Mode of proof­ Bengal Tenancy Act (Act VIII of.,r885) as amended by Bengal Act JV· of r928, ss. r5, r6. The time limit of six months provided by s. 15 of the Bengal Tenancy Act within \vhich a tenure-holder has to give notice of his succession to the landlord or have his name mutated in his rent-roJI is not mandatory but directory in character and the,l)nly effect which non-observance of that time-limit can have under • s. 16

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Of those, 2 mentioned

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