Supreme Court of India

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. v. Sudera Realty Private Limited

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Reported as [2022] 19 S.C.R. 462
Bench K. M. Joseph and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha JJ.
Decided 6 September 2022

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the view that landlord by the suit seeks to realise, what in law is described as damages for unaut horised occupation by the tenant after the expiry of the lease.

Judgment, page 61

From the headnote

Lease – Tenant at sufferance – Liability to pay mesne pro fits – Held: tenant continuing in possession after the expiry of the lease may be treated as a tenant at sufferance, whic h status is a shade higher than that of a mere trespasser, as in the case of a tenant continuing after the expiry of the lease, his original entry was lawful – But a tenant at sufferance is not a tenant by holding over – While a tenant at sufferance cannot be forcibly disposs essed, that does not detract from the possession of the er stwhile tenant turning unlawful on the expiry of the lease – In the present case,

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 mentioned

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