RAJA KAMALA RANJAN ROY vs BAIJNATH BAJORIA.

The Supreme Court held that a lessee's obligation to obtain the lessor's consent for assignment is not a condition precedent for the agreement's validity, but rather a term to be fulfilled. The covenant in the lease stating that consent should not be unreasonably withheld applies only to relieve the lessee from the covenant if the lessor's refusal is unreasonable. Since the plaintiff was a respectable person and the lessor's refusal was deemed unreasonable, the defendant was obligated to assign the lease without consent. The court ruled in favor of the plaintiff, granting specific performance of the agreement.