STATE OF U.P. vs LALJI TANDON (DEAD)

The Supreme Court addressed the issue of lease renewal under the terms of a fifty-year lease granted to J.W. Walsh, which included a renewal option. The Court held that the State's failure to produce the original lease deed led to an adverse inference against it, concluding that the lease was renewable beyond the initial term. The Court affirmed the High Court's decision to reject the State's contention that renewal was permissible only once, thereby upholding the respondent's right to renewal of the lease for an additional term of 50 years.