Mere Agreement To Sell The Leased Property To Tenant Would Not Terminate Landlord-Tenant Relationship: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

28 Jan 2019 6:56 PM IST

“If the parties really intended surrender their tenancy rights as contemplated in clauses (e) or (f) of Section 111 of the TP Act while entering into an agreement to sell the suit house, it would have made necessary provision to that effect by providing a specific clause in the agreement. It was, however, not done.”

The Supreme Court observed that mere agreement to sell the property of the landlord to the tenant would not result in termination of landlord-tenant relationship between the parties unless there is a stipulation in the agreement itself to that effect. In Dr. H.K. Sharma vs. Shri Ram Lal, while upholding the high court judgment in favour of landlord, the supreme court considered...

Mere Agreement To Sell The Leased Property To Tenant Would Not Terminate Landlord-Tenant Relationship: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

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