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The three oil companies (Bharat Petroleum, Indian Oil and Hindustan Petroleum) held long‑term leases on land, constructed petrol pumps and then sub‑let the premises to dealers. The landlords filed ejectment suits and the companies sought orders under Section 9 of the Madras City Tenants’ Protection …
The Tamil Nadu Wakf Board filed a suit seeking a declaration that certain land and a superstructure were Wakf property and to obtain vacant possession. The tenant-defendants relied on the Madras City Tenants' Protection Act, 1921, asserting a right to purchase the land under Section 9 of that Act …
The Palani Roman Catholic Mission (landlord) leased a plot to S. Bhagirath Ammal (tenant) who erected a structure. After the lease expired, the Mission sought possession, and the tenant filed an application under Section 9 of the Madras City Tenants Protection Act, 1921 to purchase the land. While …
The landlord filed an eviction suit and the tenant invoked Section 9 of the Madras City Tenants' Protection Act, 1921 seeking a court‑ordered sale of the suit‑land. The trial court fixed a price and a six‑month payment schedule; the tenant made only partial payments. On appeal the appellate court …
The Madras City Tenants Protection Act, 1921 gave tenants who built structures on landlords' land protection against eviction and a right to compensation. The Madras City Tenants Protection (Amendment) Act, 1994 (effective 1996) amended the Act to exempt tenancies of land owned by religious …
Palani Ammal (appellant) occupied an open piece of land with a granite foundation on which she erected a fuel depot under a lease from the original landlords (plaintiffs I and II). The landlords later sold the land to a third plaintiff (plaintiff III). Ammal denied plaintiff III's title and filed an …
The case arose from a lease of land in Madurai on which a theatre was built. After a compromise decree in 1955, the defendants failed to remove the superstructure and the appellants sought execution. The defendants filed applications under the Madras City Tenants' Protection Act, 1921 for …
The plaintiff, a Wakf trustee, sued the tenant for possession of a plot in Thanjavur, alleging the tenant held over after a two‑year lease dated 17‑Nov‑1955 and had erected unauthorised structures. The tenant contended that he had been in occupation since 1942, that the 1955 deed was merely a …
The appellant, New Theatres (Carnatic Talkies) Ltd., held a lease for land on which it built a theatre and later claimed a right to purchase the site under Section 9 of the Madras City Tenants' Protection Act, 1921. The respondent, N.V. Naidu, sought the appellant's eviction and the matter proceeded …
