JUDGMENT

G.P. Mathur, J.-This appeal, by Special Leave, has been preferred against the judgment and order dated 25.5.2001 of Delhi High Court whereby the Second Appeal preferred by the appellant was dismissed and the judgment and order dated 8.4.1996 of the Rent Control Tribunal directing eviction of the appellant from the premises in dispute was affirmed.

2. Shri Atma Ram Chadha, predecessor-in-interest of respondent Nos.1 to 13 (hereinafter referred to as the landlord ) let out Shop No.13/14 (Private No. 15) Block C , Cannaught Place, New Delhi to M/s. Singer Sewing Machine Company, incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey, USA, (hereinafter referred to as American Company ), at a rental of Rs. 1200/- per month vide a registered lease deed dated 11.7.1966. In the year 1982, the landlord filed an eviction petition on the ground, inter alia, that the American Company, without obtaining any written consent from the landlord, had parted with the possession of the premises in dispute in favour of Indian Sewing Machine Company Limited, incorporated under the Indian Companies Act (hereinafter referred to as Indian Company ), and it was the said company which was in excl