SUDHIR KUMAR & ORS. vs BALDEV KRISHNA THAPAR & ORS.

The Supreme Court held that the compromise between the lessor's legal representatives and the lessees created a fresh lease, allowing the lessees the option to renew the lease at the end of the term. The Court clarified that the lessor could not unreasonably withhold consent for renewal, as the right to consent must be interpreted in light of the lessees' entitlement to renewal. The decree for ejectment was deemed ineffective, serving only as a declaration of the lessors' rights to eject if the lessees failed to renew.