Supreme Court of India · 2013-04-11
RAMJI GUPTA vs GOPI KRISHAN AGRAWAL (D) .
- Citation / case number
- SC 2003/137
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- RAMJI GUPTA
- Respondent
- GOPI KRISHAN AGRAWAL (D) .
- Author
- B.S. Chauhan
- Bench
- FAKKIR MOHAMED IBRAHIM KALIFULLA B.S. CHAUHAN
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the decisions of the lower courts, affirming that no landlord-tenant relationship existed between the appellants and the respondents. The Court noted that the appellants inherited tenancy rights from their mother, who had purchased the property from Janki Bibi (2nd), but the claim of Gopi Krishan as the adopted son of Janki Bibi (2nd) was not substantiated. The Court dismissed the appeals, thereby maintaining the lower courts' rulings regarding the ownership and tenancy rights of the property in question.