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A. ARUMUGAM CHETTIYAR versus SMT. LOKANAYAKAMMA AND ANR.

Citation: [1996] 2 S.C.R. 610 · Decided: 13-02-1996 · Supreme Court of India · Bench: KULDIP SINGH, S. SAGHIR AHMAD · Disposal: Dismissed

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Judgment (excerpt)

A 
A. ARUMUGAM CHETTIYAR 
v. 
SMT. LOKANAYAKAMMA AND ANR. 
FEBRUARY 13, 1996 
B 
[KULDIP SINGH AND S. SAGHIR AHMAD, JJ.) 
Transfer of Property Act, 1882: 
M01tgage-Jmplied sun·ender of light in the house as a tenant-Tenns 
C of moTtgage deed conclusive on swTender of tenant's rights-ConcwTent 
findings of fact-Not inteifered with. 
Shah Mathuradas Maganlal & Co. v. Nagappa Shankarappa Malaga & 
Ors, AIR (1976) 1565; Gambangi Appalaswamy Naidu & Ors. v. Bhra 
Venkataramanayya Patra, AIR (1984) SC 1728); Nand Lal & Ors. v. Sukh 
D Dev &Am:, [1987] Supp. SCC 87 andNemichand v. Onkar Lal, AIR (1991) 
SC 2046, relied on. 
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION : Civil Appeal No. 146 of 
1995. 
E 
From the Judgment and Order dated 14.2.94 of the Karnataka High 
F 
Court RF.A. No. 20 of 1988. 
P .P. Singh for the Appellant. 
P.R. Ramasesh for the Respondents. 
The following order of the Court was delivered : 
The appellant was put in possession of the house in dispute as a 
tenant in the year 1971. The landlord mortgaged the house with the tenant 
G by a .deed dated April 28, 1977. The question before the High Court was 
whether the mortgage - deed resulted in an implied surrender of the 
appellant's right in the house as a tenant. The trial Court and the High 
Court have concurrently found that the terms of the motgage,deed con-
clusively show that there was implied surrender of the tenant's rights. On 
the said findings the Courts below have directed the eviction of the 
H appellant. 
610 
A.A CHETTIYAR v. LOKANAYAKAMMA 
611 
It is not necessary for us to go into the question in detail as the A 
principles have been authoritatively settled by this Court in Shah 
Matlmradas Magan/al & Co. v. Nagappa Shankarappa Malaga & Ors., AIR 
(1976) 1565, Gambangi Appalaswamy Naidu & Ors. 
v. 
Bhra 
Venkataramanayya Patra, AIR (1984) SC 1728, Nand Lal & Ors. v. Sukh 
Dev & Anr., [1987] Supp. SCC 87 and in NemiChand v. Onkar Lal, AIR 
(1991) SC 2046. The High Court on the basis of the law laid down by this B 
Court in the above mentioned judgments has come to the conclusion that 
the deed of mortgage in the· present case indicates that there was surrender 
of tenancy and the appellant wa·s only (l mortgagee. We do not see any 
ground to interfere with the concurrent findings reached by the Courts 
below. 
C · 
The Appeal is dismissed. No. costs. 
G.N. 
Appeal dismissed.