Supreme Court of India

Cheriyan Sosamma and Ors. v. Sundaresan Pillai Saraswathy Amma and Ors.

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Reported as [1999] 1 S.C.R. 172
Bench S. Saghir Ahmad J.
Decided 20 January 1999

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeal is allowed, judgment and decree passed by the High Court is modified to the extent that on the redemption of mortgage, leasehold rights of the deceased would survive as there is no surrender or implied surrender of the tenancy rights by the ·deceased B Abraham Cherian.

Judgment, page 9

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