Supreme Court of India

Labanya Neogi through Lrs., Power of Attorney Holder Shri Dr. Subhasis Neogi v. W.B. Engineering Company

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Reported as [1999] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 228
Bench V.N. Khare and S.N. Phukan JJ.
Decided 7 September 1999

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the High Court rightly refused to interfere with the findings on this point of the Lower Appellate Court.

Judgment, page 3

From the headnote

Rent Control and Eviction: West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1956: Section 14. Sub-letting-Proof of-Landlord inducted partnership firm as tenant for residential purposes-Employee of said firm, who was also the son-in-law of one of the partners, occupied the house as tenant right from the inception of tenancy-Later said firm dissolved and employee became its sole owner- Held: To establish sub-letting abandonment or transfer of tenancy must be proved-Since this is not the case, sub-letting not established-Further, the fact that tenant is the son-in-law is of no consequence since he is not

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