wholly
dependent on such tenant. As such, if a son of the tenant
who is not wholly dependent on such tenant acquires or gets ... deceased tenant and all the rights and
obligations of the deceased tenant including
the protection afforded to the deceased tenant
under the Act will devolve
stirpes; and (b) as tenants-in-common and not as joint tenants
where more than one member of the joint family become co-bhumidhars of a joint holding the joint family as such does not become ... deceased tenant having remained joint with other members of the joint Hindu family, his interest in the joint property could devolve by right of survivorship
substance. The incidents regarding the co-tenancy and joint
tenancy are different: joint tenants have unity of title, unity of
commencement of title, unity ... inherit the tenancy as joint tenants and
occupation of one of the tenant is occupation of all the joint
tenants. It is not necessary
above all others, the distinguishing feature of joint tenancy. On the death of a joint tenant, his interest in the property passes to the other ... found in the following sentence:
"Upon a joint demise by joint tenants (i. e., the lessors in that case) upon a tenancy from year
heirs and legal representatives of Bomanji jointly filed a
suit as joint tenants, being Suit No.5451/1963. Daulatbai died during
the pendency of this ... first appeals and held that the original plaintiffs
(respondents herein) were joint tenants with original defendant No.2
(appellant herein); consequently, the surrender of tenancy
argued, the English Law of joint tenancy does not allow a joint tenant by a mere unilateral declaration to make the joint tenancy a tenancy ... slight indications to convert a joint tenancy to a tenancy in common. Alienation by a joint tenant or his share to a third party severs
distinction between 'joint tenants' and 'tenants in common' in the following words:--
"A joint tenancy connotes unity of title, possession ... joint tenants, cannot apply to a case of co-tenants. Co-tenants have no unity of title. Each one of the co-tenants
tenant, tenancy devolves upon legal heirs as a joint tenancy.
LRs are joint tenants and not tenants in common. Where out of
many, only ... note that the incidents regarding the co-
tenancy and joint tenancy are different: joint tenants have unity of title,
unity of commencement of title, unity
Once it is held that the tenancy was joint, a notice to one of the joint tenants was sufficient, and the suit for the same ... view that, in all cases of joint tenancies, a suit against any of the joint tenants would be enough to entitle the landlord
