A tenant of a building covered by the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965, dies. How do…
Section 2(6)(i) includes the heir or heirs of a deceased tenant in the definition of tenant. In Mini George v. Babu Philip, the Kerala High Court held that the one tenancy…
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A tenant of a building covered by the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965, dies. How do the legal heirs succeed to the tenancy as against the landlord?
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Section 2(6)(i) includes the heir or heirs of a deceased tenant in the definition of tenant.
In Mini George v. Babu Philip, the Kerala High Court held that the one tenancy devolves jointly on the legal heirs. This concerns their status as against the landlord.
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Option A
Mini George treats the inherited tenancy as a joint tenancy as against the landlord.
Option B
The heirs succeed jointly to the one tenancy under the Kerala rent-control rule.
Option C
Succession to a tenancy confers tenant status and does not transfer ownership of the building.
Option D
The existing tenancy devolves jointly. No new lease is granted to any heir by the succession.
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