West Bengal General Clauses Act, 1899

The Ramakrishna Vivekananda Mission runs a school affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education. Two teachers were terminated for refusing hostel duties, appealed under the Board's regulations, and later withdrew their appeals. The Mission sought, under Article 26, the framing and approval of Special Rules…

The appellants, children of a tenant who died in 1970, claimed that they inherited tenancy rights under the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1956, which were later purportedly extinguished by the 1997 Act. The landlord sought eviction, relying on a deposition in an unrelated case as an admission that the tenancy was i…

The landlord filed a suit for eviction and mesne profits against the tenant under the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1956. The trial court held that the notice to quit was invalid and dismissed the suit. On appeal, the lower appellate court and the High Court found that a valid one‑month notice had been served, the …