Supreme Court of India

Karam Kapahi & Others v. M/s. Lal Chand Public Charitable Trust & Another

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Reported as [2010] 4 S.C.R. 422

Bench G.S. Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly JJ.

Decided 7 April 2010

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons aforesaid this Court is not inclined to interfere in exercise of its jurisdiction under Article.

Judgment, page 32

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Article 136 - Suit by Trust (lessor) against Club (lessee) seeking termination of club's lease for non-payment of rent - Suit by Club questioning title of Trust - Admission by Club in the written statement that there was execution of lease deed 0 and non-payment of rent - Application u/s. 114 of 1882 Act, by Club, seeking relief against forfeiture for non-payment of rent, in suit filed by Trust- Trust filing application u/O. 12 r. 6 for passing judgment on admission - High Court decreeing the suit for possession since clear admission by club about non-payment of

Authorities it was built on

1957 W.O. Holdsworth and Others v. The State of Uttar Pradesh cited by 5
2007 Jagraj Singh v. Birpal Kaur cited by 4
1963 Major S. S. Khanna v. Brig. F.J. Dillon cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2020 M/s Exl Careers and Another v. Frankfinn Aviation Services Private Limited relied on
2020 Bhagwat Sharan (dead Thr. Lrs. v. Purushottam & Ors. relied on
2025 Sanjit Singh Salwan & Ors. v. Sardar Inderjit Singh Salwan & Ors. referred to
2022 Saranpal Kaur Anand v. Praduman Singh Chandhok and Others referred to
2022 The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation & Ors. v. Vasant Mahadev Patil (dead) through L.r.s & Ors. referred to
2019 Hari Steel and General Industries Ltd. & Anr. v. Daljit Singh & Ors. referred to
2023 Bhim Rao Baswanth Rao Patil v. K. Madan Mohan Rao and Ors. mentioned
2021 Assa Singh (d) by Lrs. v. Shanti Parshad (d) by Lrs. & Others mentioned
2012 M/s Payal Vision Ltd. v. Radhika Choudhary mentioned
2011 Himani Alloys Ltd. v. Tata Steel Ltd. mentioned
2010 M/s. Jeevan Diesels & Electricals Ltd. v. M/s Jasbir Singh Chadha (huf) & Anr. mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 4 referred to · 5 mentioned

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