The landlord, ARM Group Enterprises Ltd., owned premises that were leased to Allenberry & Co., who gave notice of surrender on 31‑Aug‑1953 but failed to hand over vacant possession. The tenant vacated under a compromise decree that reserved the landlord's right to evict any sub‑tenants. The …
India Automobiles (1960) Ltd., the owner of a nine‑storey commercial building, leased the premises to a tenant who sub‑let parts of it. The Calcutta Municipal Corporation fixed the annual value of the property under Section 174 of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980, by taking into account …
The appellants, East India Commercial Co. Pvt. Ltd., challenged the assessment of their building’s annual value under Section 168 of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951, arguing that the fair rent fixed under Section 8(1)(d) of the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1956 should be the basis, not the …
The Supreme Court considered three appeals challenging house‑tax assessments of buildings that were subject to the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, but for which no standard rent had been fixed. The revenue argued that the landlord could reasonably expect to receive the contractual rent and that this …
Biswabani Pvt. Ltd. occupied Kalpana Theatre under a registered lease (1948‑53) and later under a consent decree that attempted to create a fresh five‑year lease starting March 1955. The fresh lease was not registered, rendering it void under the Transfer of Property Act. After the five‑year period …
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