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Probodh Kumar Das vs The Dantmara Tea Co. Ltd. on 10 October, 1939

21.Later, following the Privy Council judgment, three Judges Bench of the Supreme Court in Delhi Motor Co and others –vs- U.A.Basrurkar(dead) by his legal representatives and others reported in AIR 1968 SC 794, held that, “6. In these circumstances, an argument was put forward on behalf of the firm that, though this contract to lease had not been registered, the firm could claim possession under it in view of the provisions of Section 53A of the Transfer of Property Act, because, in this case the Company would be debarred from enforcing against the firm any right in respect of that property of which the firm had already taken possession, viz., part of the Show-Room and a portion of the Balcony. In our opinion, this argument proceeds on an incorrect interpretation of Section 53A, because that Section is only meant to bring about a bar against enforcement of rights by a lessor in respect of property of which the lessee had already taken possession, but does not give any right to the lessee to claim possession or to claim any other rights 16/21 http://www.judis.nic.in S.A.Nos.115 and 116 of 2010 and M.P.No.1 of 2010 on the basis of an unregistered lease. Section 53A of the Transfer of Property Act is only available as a defence to a lessee and not as conferring a right on the basis of which the lessee can claim rights against the lessor. This interpretation of Section 53A was clearly laid down by their Lordships of the Privy Council in Probodh Kumar Das v. Dantmara Tea Co., 66 Ind App 293=(AIR 1940 PC 1).
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