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Assam Non-Agricultural Urban Areas Tenancy Act, 1955

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SWAMI NATH CHOUHAN AND ORS.versusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

2002 INSC 561Dismissed

The appellants, Swami Nath Chouhan and others, claimed tenancy of 4 Bighas 4 Kathas and 15 Lechas at Hukanpukhuri, alleging a lease from respondents 5‑7 in 1947, while the land had been acquired by the Union of India in 1943 for defence purposes and later reconveyed without possession. The Union …

KARUNA RAM MEDHI AND ORS.versusKAMAKHYA PRASAD BARUAH AND ANR.

1997 INSC 353Dismissed

The appellant (landlord) leased land to the respondent (tenant) in 1953 for seven years. The tenant built a house within five years, which was destroyed by fire in 1958 and subsequently rebuilt. The landlord served a notice to vacate on 12 December 1959 without the one‑month period required under …

JOY NATH GOALA AND ORS.versusBHABANI PRASAD CHOUDHARY AND ORS.

1997 INSC 217Appeal(s) allowed

The appellants, successors to a 1946 purchase of a property, sued the respondents for declaration of title and ejectment after the respondents, who were tenants under a 1948 compromise decree, failed to vacate the premises after the decree’s three‑year term expired in 1951. The trial court decreed …

LAKSHMINARAYAN GUIN & ORS.versusNIRANJAN MODAK

1984 INSC 225Dismissed

The appellants, landlords, obtained a trial decree for possession of a house in Memari, West Bengal, on grounds of rent arrears and need for demolition. The respondent appealed, and while the appeal was pending the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1956 was extended to Memari, introducing Section 13 …