SHANTI PRASAD DEVI vs SHANKAR MAHTO .

The Supreme Court held that the lessee's continued payment of rent after the lease expired did not constitute a renewal of the lease under Section 116 of the Transfer of Property Act, as the option for renewal was not exercised before the expiry of the lease term as required by the lease deed. The Court affirmed the first appellate court's decision to grant ejectment to the lessor, ruling that the lessee's claim for specific performance of the renewal was also untenable due to vagueness in the terms of renewal. Consequently, the appeal was dismissed, upholding the lower court's judgment.