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2006 Supreme(Cal) 701

High Court Of Calcutta
Before: Pratap Kumar Ray, J.
BINAPANI KARUI - Appellant
Versus
BHOLANATH KARUI - Respondent
S. A. 172 Of 1999
Decided On : 11/15/2006

Advocates Appeared:
ABHIJIT BANERJI, BIDYUT BANERJI, JAYANTA KUMAR MONDAL, SHILLA SARKAR

A licensee who is inducted into the suit premises and whose license is revoked is not entitled to continue occupying the premises after the termination of the license.

Headnote:

LICENSEE - TERMINATION OF LICENSE - SECTION 106 OF THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTY ACT, 1882 - The court held that a licensee who was inducted into the suit premises in 1981 and was issued a notice revoking the license in 1987, was not entitled to continue occupying the premises after the termination of the license. The court also held that the defendant failed to prove her claim of being a co-tenant in the suit premises.

Fact of the Case:

The plaintiffs filed a suit for eviction of the defendant, alleging that she was inducted as a licensee in the suit premises in 1981 and that her license was revoked in 1987. The defendant resisted the suit, claiming that she was a co-tenant in the suit premises by virtue of her father's original tenancy.

Finding of the Court:

The trial court dismissed the suit, holding that the plaintiffs failed to prove their tenancy right in the suit premises prior to the purchase of the property in 1987. However, the first appellate court reversed the trial court's judgment and decreed the suit, holding that the defendant was not a co-tenant and that the plaintiffs were entitled to evict her.

Issues: 1. Whether the defendant was a licensee or a co-tenant in the suit premises. 2. Whether the plaintiffs were entitled to evict the defendant from the suit premises.

Ratio Decidendi: 1. The court held that the defendant failed to prove her claim of being a co-tenant in the suit premises. The court relied on the fact that the defendant's father was not the original tenant of the suit premises and that the defendant had not adduced any evidence to prove that she had acquired any tenancy rights in the suit premises. 2. The court held that the plaintiffs were entitled to evict the defendant from the suit premises as the defendant's license had been revoked.

Final Decision: The court dismissed the appeal and confirmed the judgment and decree of the first appellate court.

P. K. RAY, J.

( 1 ) THE second appeal has been preferred challenging the judgment and decree dated 28th February, 1996 and 25th February, 1996 respectively passed by learned Assistant District Judge, 2nd Court at Howrah in title appeal No. 176 of 1993 reversing the Judgment and decree dated 29th May, 1993 and 5th June, 1993 respectively passed by the learned Munsif, 2nd Court at Howrah in title suit No. 266 of 1987, which was a suit for eviction of licensee on the ground of termination of licence. The appellant in the second appeal is the defendant of the suit. Appeal was preferred on several grounds, which reads to this effect:

"i. For that the learned lower Appellate Court has failed to appreciate the facts and circumstances of the case and also without considering the merits of the case was decreed the suit. "

II. For that the learned lower Appellate Court erred in law by not considering the status of this appellant/defendant.

III. For that the learned lower Appellate Court has failed to appreciate properly the exhibit 3, which is the original sale deed dated 70, May 1997 executed by the heirs deceased jogmaya Dutta in favour of Bholanath Karui son of late dukhiram and Jitendra Nath Karui son of late Dwarikanath karui in equal share.

IV. For that the learned lower Appellate Court has failed to prove the joint tenancy of both the parties which the learned munsif vividly discussed in his Judgment.

V. For that the learned lower Appellate Court below erred in law in not considering the joint tenancy with the plaintiff no. 2 by way of inheritance.

VI. For that the learned lower Appellate Court below nowhere discussed in his delivering Judgment that the defendant/appellant is/was a licensee and even licensee has not been proved.

VII. For that the learned lower Appellate Court below has failed to consider properly the exhibit 4, death certificate of Kamala bala Karui dated 23rd

February, 1972 and also Exhibit 6, death certificate of Krishna Chandra Karui husband of the defendant/appellant herein dated 17th October, 1974.

VIII. For that the learned lower Appellate Court has failed to consider the exhibits marked as A to E in the plaint which was issued by the authorities concerned for the purpose of proper adjudication of the dispute that have not been considered at all by the learned Judge at the time of hearing of the case.

IX. For that it would be evident from the exhibits marked A to E that the defendant/appellant herein and her husband and children resided in the suit premises more than years.

X. For that the learned lower Appellate Court has totally failed to prove that the defendant/appellant herein was inducted as licensee in the disputed suit property since 1981 and also failed to prove joint tenancy with the plaintiff No. 2 on the basis of the documents relied upon by the plaintiffs/respondents.

XI. For that the plaintiffs/respondents have also failed to prove their own case by adducing evidence by fit and proper way.

"xii. For that it is the duty of the plaintiffs/respondents to prove their own case by producing essential documents before the learned Court but that has not been done in this case and the learned Judge of the Appellate Court below without assigning properly allowed the appeal on contest and set aside the Judgment and decree of the learned Munsif. "

( 2 ) WHEN the appeal was admitted for hearing under Order 41 Rule 11, the Division Bench (Coram: N. K. Mitra and B. M. Mitra, JJ as their Lordships' were) on 30th August, 1996, admitted the appeal for hearing on all the grounds as stated in the memo appeal being of substantial questions of law. All the aforesaid grounds, which were considered by the aforesaid Division Bench practically are within the domain of adjudicatory process on factual matrix, which with due respect is not within the field of consideration of a Second Appeal Court. However, since the parties have urged on all those points, which were considered as substantial question of law involved, the











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