Royapettah High Road, Chennai, was taken on lease by the erstwhile ESSO Eastern Inc. by way of a lease deed dated 26.02.1962. The lease ... 4400/1972, before the IV Additional City Civil Court, Chennai against ESSO Eastern Inc., praying for a decree of possession. By virtue of the ESSO
agreement of lease as also u/S 5
(2) of the ESSO Act, 1974 one after
another?
(ii) Whether, after exercising the option of renewal ... twice,
provisions of Section 5 (2) of the ESSO Act could be invoked
after a lapse of 20 years for extending the period of lease
case the facts were
that the tenancy premises was in possession of ESSO Company
pursuant with the lease deed dated July ... Harsha Gupta vs. M/s. Delhi Vidyut Board
the ESSO Company had sublet the tenanted property in favour of
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation i.e. respondent
Tata‟s on the project. Counsel relied on the ruling reported as Esso Francaise SA v.
Association Greenpeace France, 2003 ETMR 66, holding that
Narayan Govind
Gavate v. State of Maharashtra ( 1977) 1 SCC 133 and Esso Fabs Private
Limited v. State of Haryana (2009) 2 SCC 377. Another
referred to the acquisition of several oil companies like
ESSO, Burma Oil Company and Caltex.
Then he tried to justify the taking of possession
esso':' in %;:t;=.sre:st
(T? the. .<as'::siix=>.rE1TsE:a2 Haryesna: Siaia
foreign company by the Central Government and under Section 5
of the Esso (Acquisition of Undertakings in India) Act 1974 the
Central Government
agreement, since the predecessor-in-interest of the first defendant therein, viz., ESSO had already entered into a lease agreement. In the additional written statements
MADRAS LAW JOURNAL REPORTS 65 KHIVRAJ CHORDIA AND OTHERS V. ESSO STEANDARD EASTERN INC .
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