agricultural tenant viz: (a) tenants and (b) under-tenants. The word 'tenant' used in Section 3(1) has been defined in Section ... agricultural tenant within the meaning of Section 3 of the 1949 Act as a non-agricultural tenant as defined in Section 2(5) . Admittedly
substituted by the following : --
"(5) "thika tenant" means any person who holds, whether under a written lease or otherwise, land under another ... page 191 is as follows : --
"The expression 'thika tenant' as defined in the Calcutta Thika Tenancy Act 1949 has been interpreted
words, a thika tenant is a tenant in respect of the land but owner of the structure. Whereas a tenant defined in Section ... premises and the tenant would be the tenant in respect of the building comprised in the premises. A tenant under the WBPT Act cannot
Section 2(1) of the Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961 defines 'tenant' to mean, unless the context otherwise requires.
"a person ... held by the tenant."
10. There is nothing to suggest that this section does not apply to all tenants as defined in Section
interpretation of
the word 'tenant' to include 'ex-tenant', or, more accurately, 'ex-tenant in possession'. It seems ... Legislature in enacting Section 2(11) of the 1950 Act to define 'tenant' plainly excluded 'ex-tenants' from the category.
Pointed
West Bengal Premises
Tenancy Act, 1997 which defines 'tenant'. According to the said
provision, 'tenant' means any person by whom ... tenant
and as such construction of this statute is to be made in such a way
that it goes in favour of the tenant
holder or any other intermediary above a raiyat or a non-agricultural tenant and includes a service tenure-holder and, in relation to mines ... than land comprised in a forest;
(k) "non-agricultural tenant" means a tenant of non-agricultural land who holds under a proprietor
such, two separate definitions have been given in the Act defining landlord and tenant. It is contended that in a particular premises there could ... used the expressions "trustee, guardian or receiver" and in defining tenant under Section 2(g) the legislature meant any person by whom
present defendants are the successors of the original tenant and
after the death of the original tenant, the defendants have requested for change ... West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1997 which defines
"tenant" makes it clear that a tenant would include, in the event of death
eviction has been passed against the tenant in the Trial Court, he ceases to be a tenant as defined in Section ... Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961 , Section 2(i) whereof also has defined a tenant "not to include any person against whom any order
