Supreme Court of India

Board of Trustees of the Port of Kolkata v. Kalipada Bhakat & Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 12 S.C.R. 187
Bench Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya and Prafulla C. Pant JJ.
Decided 9 October 2014

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What the Court ordered

Accordingly, we allow F the appeal with costs, and set aside the impugned order of the High Court passed on 05.02.2010 in C.O.No.3991 of 2009.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 - s.4 - Land allotted on lease - Termination of the tenancy- In eviction proceedings, R-1 appeared as power of attorney ·holder of R-2 (the allottee) - Eviction order - Challenged by R-1 and not R-2 - Locus of R-1 to maintain the statutory appeal - Held: R-1 being power of attorney holder of R-2, cannot be allowed to maintain the appeal on his own behalf - s. 4(2) is not applicable to such unauthorised occupants, who enter into possession after initiation of eviction proceedings against their predecessor in possession. Allowing

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