Dau Dayal Sharma (Since Dead) And Ors. ... vs Ravi Kumar And Ors. on 15 April, 2008
In this connection reference may be had to the case of Harish Tandon v. Addl. District Judge, Allahabad and Ors. 1995 (25) ALR 184 (SC) wherein it was held by the Apex Court that after the death of the tenant, his heirs/legal representatives become only joint tenants and they do not inherit the tenancy rights as tenants-in-common. It is a single tenancy which devolves on the heirs and there is no division of the premises or of the rent payable. The heirs/legal representatives, therefore, succeed to the tenancy as joint tenants. The result is that any action of any of the joint tenants binds the others.