Ramchandra Keshav Adke & Ors vs Govind Joti Chavare And Ors on 4 March, 1975
This dicta has been followed in a number of judgments and to cite one, in Ramachandra Keshav Adke Vs. V.Govind Jyoti Chavare reported in AIR 1975 SC 915, the question before the Apex Court was with respect to surrender of a tenancy by a tenant in order to be valid and effective under the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948. The Apex Court held that the surrender had to be done in the manner prescribed under the Act and then only it would be effective.