In Brief
In this review petition concerning a lease dispute under the Calcutta Thika Tenancy Act, 1949, the Supreme Court found that the previous judgment had wrongly declared the respondent to be a 'Thika Tenant'. The Court held that a person holding land under a registered lease for 20 years is expressly excluded from that definition, which applies only to leases of less than 12 years. The Court recalled the earlier judgment, noting that alternative arguments based on the 1981 Act remained unanswered. The matter was remanded to the original Civil Appeal for fresh consideration of all contentions on merit.">
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