Supreme Court of India

M.V. Ramachandrasa Since Deceased Represented by Legal Heirs v. M/s Mahendra Watch Company

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Reported as [2026] 4 S.C.R. 508
Bench Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R. Mahadevan JJ.
Decided 10 April 2026

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, this Court is of the considered opinion that the findings recorded by the trial Court were pure findings of fact based on proper appreciation of evidence.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the High Court was justified in interfering with the findings of fact recorded by the trial Court while exercising its revisional jurisdiction u/s.46 of the Karnataka Rent Act, 1999; whether the burden of proving unlawful sub-letting lies upon the landlord, and if so, whether such burden was duly discharged in the present case; whether the alleged retirement of the original tenant-partner and continuation of business by Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 constituted a mere reconstitution of partnership or amounts to unlawful sub-letting / assignment u/ss.27(2)(b)(ii) and

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