Supreme Court of India

Bismillah Be (dead) by Lrs. v. Majeed Shah

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Reported as [2016] 8 S.C.R. 719
Bench A.K. Sikri and Abhay Manohar Sapre JJ.
Decided 29 November 2016

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that the appellant (plaintiff) has proved his title to the suit house so also the relationship of landlord and tenant with the respondent in relation to suit house.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Rent Control and Eviction: Suit for eviction u/ss.12(1)(a), 12(1)(c), 12(1)(e) and 12(1)(m) of MP. Accommodation Control Act - Tenant-defendant denied relationship of landlord and tenant with the plaintiff and challenged derivative title of the plaintiff - Suit dismissed on the ground that there was no landlord tenant relationship between the plaintiff and defendant - The order upheld in first and second appeal - On appeal, held: Though the tenant is entitled to challenge the derivative title of the land-lord in an action brought by the assignee/vendee against the tenant, but once the

Where later benches applied it

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