{"id":206983,"date":"2010-08-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/vinaykishore-punamchandji-vs-bhumi-kalptru-ors-on-5-august-2010"},"modified":"2018-05-17T19:40:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T14:10:12","slug":"vinaykishore-punamchandji-vs-bhumi-kalptru-ors-on-5-august-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/vinaykishore-punamchandji-vs-bhumi-kalptru-ors-on-5-august-2010","title":{"rendered":"Vinaykishore Punamchandji … vs Bhumi Kalptru & Ors on 5 August, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n
Vinaykishore Punamchandji … vs Bhumi Kalptru & Ors on 5 August, 2010<\/div>\n
Author: B S Reddy<\/div>\n
Bench: B. Sudershan Reddy, Surinder Singh Nijjar<\/div>\n
                                                     REPORTABLE\n\n\n           IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA\n            CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION\n\n\n        CIVIL APPEAL NO. 6299 OF 2010\n                ARISING OUT OF\n  SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NO. 2517 OF 2007\n\n\nVINAYKISHORE PUNAMCHAND\nMUNDHADA & ANR.                         ... APPELLANTS\n\n                         VERSUS\n\nSHRI BHUMI KALPATARU & ORS.             ... RESPONDENTS\n\n\n\n                    JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
B. SUDERSHAN REDDY, J.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
1. Leave granted.\n<\/p>\n
2. This appeal by special leave is directed against the final<\/p>\n
  judgment and order dated 20th September, 2006 passed<\/p>\n
  in Writ Petition No. 1206 of 1996 by the High Court of<\/p>\n
  judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench, Nagpur whereby<\/p>\n
  the High Court set aside the order dated 6.9.1995 passed<\/p>\n
  by the reviewing authority granting permission under
\n                                                        2<\/span><\/p>\n
  clause 13(3)(iii) of the C.P. & Berar Letting of Houses and<\/p>\n
  Rent Control Order, 1949 (hereinafter referred to as `the<\/p>\n
  Rent Control Order’).\n<\/p>\n
3. The facts leading to filing of this appeal lie in a very<\/p>\n
  narrow compass. The appellants are the landlords of the<\/p>\n
  suit   premises.   Respondent     No.   4,    Madankumar<\/p>\n
  Govardhandas Pasari was inducted as a tenant in the year<\/p>\n
  1974 who constituted a partnership firm under the name<\/p>\n
  and style `Bhumi Kalpataru’ consisting of five partners and<\/p>\n
  carried on business till 1991. The appellants filed an<\/p>\n
  application under clause 13(3)(i)(iii)(iv) and (vi) of the<\/p>\n
  Rent Control Order before the Rent Controller, Amravati<\/p>\n
  against the original tenant Messrs Bhumi Kalpataru and<\/p>\n
  its Managing Partner Madankumar Govardhandas Pasari,<\/p>\n
  the respondent No.4 (since died) on the ground that<\/p>\n
  Madankumar Govardhandas Pasari dissolved the firm and<\/p>\n
  clandestinely sub-let the suit premises to respondent No.2<\/p>\n
  Jagdish Champalal Mundhada who deceptively            gave<\/p>\n
  similar name to the partnership by prefixing the word<\/p>\n
  `Shri’ and it was known as `Shri Bhumi Kalpataru’<\/p>\n
  resembling the firm to whom the premises was let out in
\n                                                        3<\/span><\/p>\n
  the year 1974. The present occupiers of the suit premises<\/p>\n
  being the sub-tenant, namely the respondent No.1 firm<\/p>\n
  `Shri Bhumi Kalpataru’, its Managing Partner, respondent<\/p>\n
  No.2 and other partners, respondents 5 to 7 were duly<\/p>\n
  impleaded as party respondents. The simple case set up<\/p>\n
  by the appellants before the Rent Controller is that the<\/p>\n
  original tenant firm `Bhumi Kalpataru’ had sub-let the suit<\/p>\n
  premises without the sanction of the landlords and the<\/p>\n
  sub-tenants carried on the business under the name `Shri<\/p>\n
  Bhumi Kalpataru’ by prefixing commonly used `Shri’ to the<\/p>\n
  original tenant firm `Bhumi Kalpataru’.<\/p>\n
4. The application was resisted by respondents No.1, 2, 5, 6<\/p>\n
  & 7 inter alia contending that they were recognized as the<\/p>\n
  tenants of the suit premises by the landlords by accepting<\/p>\n
  rent amount from `Shri Bhumi Kalpataru’. It was also their<\/p>\n
  case that there was disruption of relationship of landlord<\/p>\n
  and tenant between the appellants and the original<\/p>\n
  tenant. The original tenant firm `Bhumi Kalpataru’ and its<\/p>\n
  Managing Partner, Madankumar Govardhandas Pasari<\/p>\n
  though duly served, did not enter their appearance and<\/p>\n
  chose to remain absent throughout.\n<\/p>\n
                                                                          4<\/span><\/p>\n
5. The Rent Controller upon appreciation of the material<\/p>\n
      available            on    record   passed     the   necessary    orders<\/p>\n
      upholding the plea of sub-tenancy and granted permission<\/p>\n
      under clause 13(3)(iii) of the Rent Control Order. The<\/p>\n
      appellate authority, however, on the appeal filed by the<\/p>\n
      respondents, reversed the findings of sub-tenancy. The<\/p>\n
      appellants            preferred     Review     Petition   under   clause<\/p>\n
      21(2)(a) of the Rent Control Order challenging the orders<\/p>\n
      of the appellate authority and the said Review Petition<\/p>\n
      was allowed restoring the order of the Rent Controller<\/p>\n
      granting permission as prayed for by the appellants.<\/p>\n
6. Shri Bhumi Kalpataru and its Managing Partner Jagdish<\/p>\n
      Champalal Mundhada filed Writ Petition No. 1206 of 1995<\/p>\n
      under Article 226\/227 of the Constitution of India before<\/p>\n
      the High Court of judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench,<\/p>\n
      Nagpur challenging the order of the reviewing authority.<\/p>\n
      The other partners were impleaded as respondents. The<\/p>\n
      High        Court,        relying   on   the   decision   in   Bhairulal<\/p>\n
      Balmukund Verma Vs. Poonamchand Kasturchand<\/p>\n
      Sancheti1 allowed the writ petition. Hence this appeal.<\/p>\n
1<\/span>
\n    1996 (2) Mh.L.J. 866
\n                                                         5<\/span><\/p>\n
7. Shri U.U. Lalit, learned senior counsel for the appellants<\/p>\n
  submitted that the High Court committed an error in<\/p>\n
  interfering with the just and reasonable orders passed by<\/p>\n
  the reviewing authority. It was submitted that the High<\/p>\n
  Court committed a serious error in refusing to take into<\/p>\n
  consideration the settled principles of law that sub-letting<\/p>\n
  and parting with the possession by the tenant for<\/p>\n
  consideration is to be inferred from the facts and<\/p>\n
  circumstances brought on record and it is not the<\/p>\n
  requirement in law that it is for the landlords to prove<\/p>\n
  that parting of possession by the original tenant was for<\/p>\n
  actual consideration. Learned counsel for the respondent,<\/p>\n
  Shri Satyajit A. Desai submitted that landlords having<\/p>\n
  accepted the rents for a period of three years from the<\/p>\n
  respondents without any demur, cannot be allowed to<\/p>\n
  turn down and contend that the premises was sub-let by<\/p>\n
  the original tenant. It was his submission that relationship<\/p>\n
  of landlord and tenant came into existence ever since the<\/p>\n
  landlords accepted the rents from the respondents.<\/p>\n
8. Before adverting to the question as to whether the High<\/p>\n
  Court rightly interfered with the orders of the reviewing
\n                                                                 6<\/span><\/p>\n
  authority, it may be just and necessary to notice the<\/p>\n
  relevant provision of C.P. & Berar Letting of Houses and<\/p>\n
  Rent Control Order, 1949 which runs as under:<\/p>\n
    13. (1) No landlord shall, except with the previous
\n            written permission of the Controller–<\/p>\n
\n\n              (a)     give notice to a tenant determining\n                      the lease or determine the lease If\n                      the lease is expressed to be\n                      determinable at his option; or\n\n              (b)     ......\n\n        (2)      .......\n\n        (3)     .......\n\n               (i)             ........\n\n              (ii)         .......\n\n              (iii)        that the tenant has without the\n                           written permission of the landlord\n                           sub let the entire house (premises)\n                           or any portion thereof;\n\n              (iv)         ........\n\n<\/pre>\n
9. It may be of some importance to note that the original<\/p>\n
  tenant did not join any issue with the landlords though he<\/p>\n
  was impleaded as a party respondent to the proceedings.<\/p>\n
  It is an admitted fact that none of the partners of `Bhumi<\/p>\n
  Kalpataru’ including respondent No.4 who constituted the
\n                                                       7<\/span><\/p>\n
firm `Bhumi Kalpataru’ are the partners in the firm `Shri<\/p>\n
Bhumi Kalpataru’. It is not a case of reconstitution of the<\/p>\n
firm where the original tenant continued to be a partner<\/p>\n
of such newly reconstituted firm. It is clearly evident from<\/p>\n
the record and findings recorded by the authorities that<\/p>\n
`Shri Bhumi Kalpataru’ consists of altogether different<\/p>\n
individuals and the Managing Partner thereof being<\/p>\n
Jagdish Champalal Mundhada. It is also an admitted fact<\/p>\n
that there was no further agreement as such between the<\/p>\n
appellants and the respondents recognizing `Shri Bhumi<\/p>\n
Kalpataru’ and its partners as the tenants. In such view of<\/p>\n
the matter, the authorities in clear and categorical terms<\/p>\n
found that the respondents have been inducted into<\/p>\n
possession of the premises by the original tenant without<\/p>\n
the required written permission of the landlords. It is<\/p>\n
under those circumstances that the reviewing authority<\/p>\n
came to the correct conclusion that the original tenant<\/p>\n
had no right to transfer and part away with the<\/p>\n
possession of the premises to the respondents without the<\/p>\n
required written permission from the landlords. None of<\/p>\n
the respondents were the partners in the previous firm
\n                                                        8<\/span><\/p>\n
  that   was   constituted   by   Madankumar   Govardhandas<\/p>\n
  Pasari known as `Bhumi Kalpataru’.\n<\/p>\n
10.It was absolutely an internal arrangement between an<\/p>\n
  original tenant and newly inducted one about which the<\/p>\n
  landlord was never put on notice. The mere acceptance of<\/p>\n
  the rents from the newly constituted firm `Shri Bhumi<\/p>\n
  Kalpataru’ on the facts and circumstances in the present<\/p>\n
  case by itself cannot lead to any inference that the<\/p>\n
  landlords accepted the rents knowing fully well as if they<\/p>\n
  were accepting the rents from the sub-tenants. The<\/p>\n
  “landlord and tenant” relationship in the circumstances of<\/p>\n
  this case cannot be inferred as the word `Shri’ was<\/p>\n
  prefixed to the original tenanted firm `Bhumi Kalpataru’.<\/p>\n
  The said firm `Bhumi Kalpataru’, in a clandestine manner<\/p>\n
  became `Shri Bhumi Kalpataru’ by adding `Shri’ in an<\/p>\n
  innocuous manner to `Bhumi Kalpataru’. Once it is clearly<\/p>\n
  established that none of the previous partners of the<\/p>\n
  `Bhumi Kalpataru’ continued to be the partners of the<\/p>\n
  newly constituted firm, it becomes very clear that `Shri<\/p>\n
  Bhumi Kalpataru’ is altogether a different firm consisting
\n                                                                   9<\/span><\/p>\n
      of new partners who were inducted into possession by the<\/p>\n
      previous tenant.\n<\/p>\n
11.That, clause 2(5) of the Rent Control Order defines the<\/p>\n
      `tenant’ as under:\n<\/p>\n
          “‘Tenant’ means any person by whom or on whose
\n          account rent is payable for a premises and
\n          includes a sub-tenant and a person continuing in
\n          possession after the term of his tenancy has
\n          expired”.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
12.In our considered opinion, the expression `any person’<\/p>\n
      means any one lawfully inducted as a tenant into the<\/p>\n
      premises and by whom or on whose account rent is<\/p>\n
      payable for the premises. It may include a sub-tenant<\/p>\n
      inducted as such into possession with the previous<\/p>\n
      knowledge,       consent   and   written   permission   of   the<\/p>\n
      landlord.\n<\/p>\n
13. This Court in Parvinder Singh Vs. Renu Gautam &<\/p>\n
      Ors.2 held:\n<\/p>\n
          “8. The rent control legislations which extend
\n          many a protection to the tenant, also provide for
\n          grounds of eviction. One such ground, most
\n          common in all the legislations, is sub-letting or
\n          parting with possession of the tenancy premises
\n          by the tenant. Rent control laws usually protect
\n          the tenant so long as he may himself use the
\n2<\/span>
\n    (2004) 4 SCC 794
\n                                                       10<\/span><\/p>\n
premises but not his transferee inducted into
\npossession of the premises, in breach of the
\ncontract or the law, which act is often done with
\nthe object of illegitimate profiteering or rack-\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
renting. To defeat the provisions of law, a device
\nis at times adopted by unscrupulous tenants and
\nsub-tenants of bringing into existence a deed of
\npartnership which gives the relationship of tenant
\nand sub-tenant an outward appearance of
\npartnership while in effect what has come into
\nexistence is a sub-tenancy or parting with
\npossession camouflaged under the cloak of
\npartnership. Merely because a tenant has entered
\ninto a partnership he cannot necessarily be held to
\nhave sub-let the premises or parted with
\npossession thereof in favour of his partners. If the
\ntenant is actively associated with the partnership
\nbusiness and retains the use and control over the
\ntenancy premises with him, maybe along with the
\npartners, the tenant may not be said to have
\nparted with possession. However, if the user and
\ncontrol of the tenancy premises has been
\nparted with and deed of partnership has been
\ndrawn up as an indirect method of collecting
\nthe consideration for creation of sub-tenancy or
\nfor providing a cloak or cover to conceal a
\ntransaction not permitted by law, the court is not
\nestopped from tearing the veil of partnership and
\nfinding out the real nature of transaction entered
\ninto between the tenant and the alleged sub-
\ntenant.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
9. A person having secured a lease of premises for
\nthe purpose of his business may be in need of
\ncapital or finance or someone to assist him in his
\nbusiness and to achieve such like purpose he may
\nenter into partnership with strangers. Quite often
\npartnership is entered into between the members
\nof any family as a part of tax planning. There is no
\nstranger brought on the premises. So long as the
\n                                                       11<\/span><\/p>\n
premises remain in occupation of the tenant or in
\nhis control, a mere entering into partnership may
\nnot provide a ground for eviction by running into
\nconflict with prohibition against sub-letting or
\nparting with possession. This is a general
\nstatement of law which ought to be read in the
\nlight of the lease agreement and the law
\ngoverning the tenancy. There are cases wherein
\nthe tenant sub-lets the premises or parts with
\npossession in defiance of the terms of lease or the
\nrent control legislation and in order to save
\nhimself from the peril of eviction brings into
\nexistence, a deed of partnership between him and
\nhis sub-lessee to act as a cloak on the reality of
\nthe transaction. The existence of deed of
\npartnership between the tenant and the alleged
\nsub-tenant would not preclude the landlord from
\nbringing on record material and circumstances, by
\nadducing evidence or by means of cross-\n<\/p>\n
examination, making out a case of sub-letting or
\nparting with possession or interest in tenancy
\npremises by the tenant in favour of a third person.
\nThe rule as to exclusion of oral by documentary
\nevidence governs the parties to the deed in
\nwriting. A stranger to the document is not bound
\nby the terms of the document and is, therefore,
\nnot excluded from demonstrating the untrue or
\ncollusive nature of the document or the fraudulent
\nor illegal purpose for which it was brought into
\nbeing. An enquiry into reality of transaction is not
\nexcluded merely by availability of writing reciting
\nthe    transaction.   Tyagaraja Mudaliyar v.
\nVedathanni, AIR 1936 PC 70 : 63 IA 126 is an
\nauthority for the proposition that oral evidence in
\ndeparture from the terms of a written deed is
\nadmissible to show that what is mentioned in the
\ndeed was not the real transaction between the
\nparties but it was something different. A lease of
\nimmovable property is transfer of a right to enjoy
\nsuch property. Parting with possession or control
\nover the tenancy premises by the tenant in favour
\n                                                                    12<\/span><\/p>\n
          of a third person would amount to the tenant
\n          having “transferred his rights under the lease”
\n          within the meaning of Section 14(2)(ii)(a) of the
\n          Act”.\n<\/p>\n
14. In      Ram Saran Vs. Pyare Lal & Anr.3 this Court<\/p>\n
      observed that “by a unilateral action of the tenant of<\/p>\n
      surrendering his right of tenancy in favour of a third party<\/p>\n
      by delivering possession of the tenanted premises to the<\/p>\n
      said third party, no new tenancy is created which may<\/p>\n
      legally bind the landlord. By mere acceptance of rent for<\/p>\n
      the tenanted premises tendered by the tenant in the<\/p>\n
      name of the registered society, neither a new tenancy nor<\/p>\n
      a valid sub-tenancy in favour of the said registered<\/p>\n
      society has been created.” It is said in clear and<\/p>\n
      categorical terms that “the Rent Act is a special statute<\/p>\n
      governing and regulating tenancy and sub-tenancy. Such<\/p>\n
      provisions in the special statute supersede the general<\/p>\n
      law of tenancy if the provisions of the special statute are<\/p>\n
      incompatible with the general law of tenancy”. It is<\/p>\n
      observed that “mere knowledge of the landlord about<\/p>\n
      occupation        of   the   tenanted   premises   by   the   said<\/p>\n
3<\/span>
\n    (1996) 11 SCC 728
\n                                                           13<\/span><\/p>\n
  registered society and acceptance of rent for the tenanted<\/p>\n
  premises tendered by the tenant in the name of the<\/p>\n
  registered society, will not create a sub-tenancy unless<\/p>\n
  induction of a sub-tenant is made with the written<\/p>\n
  consent of the landlord. Even if the landlord has<\/p>\n
  accepted payment of the rent for the disputed premises<\/p>\n
  …. Such acceptance of rent will not constitute legal and<\/p>\n
  valid sub-tenancy …… Consequently, landlord will not be<\/p>\n
  estopped from claiming eviction of unauthorized sub-<\/p>\n
  tenant along with the tenant for indulging in inducting<\/p>\n
  sub-tenant without lawful authority”. (emphasis by us)<\/p>\n
15.We are not impressed by the submission made by the<\/p>\n
  learned counsel for the respondents that unless payment<\/p>\n
  of consideration was established as a fact between the<\/p>\n
  tenant   and   sub-tenant,   the   application   under   the<\/p>\n
  provisions of the Rent Control order filed by the landlord<\/p>\n
  cannot be allowed. Is it possible for any landlord to<\/p>\n
  establish the actual agreement or understanding between<\/p>\n
  the tenant and the person to whom the possession of the<\/p>\n
  premises is delivered? It is well settled that sub-tenancy<\/p>\n
  or sub-letting comes into existence when the tenant
\n                                                       14<\/span><\/p>\n
voluntarily   surrenders   possession   of   the   tenanted<\/p>\n
premises wholly or in part and puts another person in<\/p>\n
exclusive possession thereof without the knowledge of the<\/p>\n
landlord. In all such cases, invariably the landlord is kept<\/p>\n
out of scene rather, such arrangement whereby and<\/p>\n
whereunder the possession is parted away by the tenant<\/p>\n
is always clandestine and such arrangements take place<\/p>\n
behind the back of the landlord. It is the actual physical<\/p>\n
and exclusive possession of the newly inducted person,<\/p>\n
instead of the tenant, which is material and it is that<\/p>\n
factor which reveals to the landlord that the tenant has<\/p>\n
put some other person into possession of the tenanted<\/p>\n
property. It would be impossible for the landlord to prove,<\/p>\n
by direct evidence, the arrangement between the tenant<\/p>\n
and sub-tenant. It would not be possible to establish by<\/p>\n
direct evidence as to whether the person inducted into<\/p>\n
possession by the tenant had paid monetary consideration<\/p>\n
to the tenant. Such arrangement which may have been<\/p>\n
made secretly, cannot be proved by affirmative evidence<\/p>\n
and in such circumstances, the Court is required to draw<\/p>\n
its own inference upon the facts of the case proved at the
\n                                                             15<\/span><\/p>\n
  enquiry. Delivery of exclusive possession by the tenant to<\/p>\n
  a   stranger   to   the   landlord   and   without   the   prior<\/p>\n
  permission of the landlord is one dominant factor based<\/p>\n
  on which the Court could infer as to whether the premises<\/p>\n
  was sub-let.\n<\/p>\n
16. What remains for our consideration is as to whether the<\/p>\n
  High Court properly understood the ratio of the decision in<\/p>\n
  Bhairulal (supra). In the said case, the High Court clearly<\/p>\n
  held that on the basis of the evidence of the landlord<\/p>\n
  himself, it was not possible to say that the tenant has<\/p>\n
  parted with legal possession of the portion of the<\/p>\n
  premises in question to the alleged sub-tenant. On the<\/p>\n
  other hand, it was apparent that though the alleged sub-<\/p>\n
  tenant has been working on the sewing machine located<\/p>\n
  in the premises where the tenant himself has been<\/p>\n
  carrying on his business in clothes in the disputed<\/p>\n
  premises. The High Court in the said decision clearly held<\/p>\n
  that mere use by other person is not parting with<\/p>\n
  possession so long as tenant retains the legal possession<\/p>\n
  himself. We fail to appreciate as to how the ratio of the<\/p>\n
  said judgment is applicable to the fact situation on hand.
\n                                                        16<\/span><\/p>\n
17. The case on hand clearly demonstrates that it is not a<\/p>\n
  case of any reconstitution of the existing firm by the<\/p>\n
  tenant whereby the original tenant continued to be a<\/p>\n
  dominant partner of such newly constituted firm and<\/p>\n
  retained legal possession of the premises. That would be<\/p>\n
  a different situation where the original tenant retains the<\/p>\n
  legal possession of the premises as the tenant without<\/p>\n
  parting away the possession of the premises or any part<\/p>\n
  thereof to a stranger. On the other hand, this is a clear<\/p>\n
  case where the original tenant parted away with legal<\/p>\n
  possession by inducting altogether a new firm into<\/p>\n
  possession of which the original tenant is not even a<\/p>\n
  partner and such parting away with the possession was<\/p>\n
  without the knowledge and consent and much less the<\/p>\n
  written permission from the landlords. Thus the ratio of<\/p>\n
  Bhairulal has no application to the case on hand.<\/p>\n
18.Before parting with the case we are constrained to<\/p>\n
  observe that the High Court practically substituted the<\/p>\n
  findings for that of the authorities by reappreciating the<\/p>\n
  evidence available on record, which is impermissible in a
\n                                                                        17<\/span><\/p>\n
  proceeding under Article 226\/227 of the Constitution of<\/p>\n
  India.\n<\/p>\n
19.For the aforesaid reasons, we find it difficult to sustain<\/p>\n
  the impugned judgment of the High Court. The same is<\/p>\n
  accordingly set aside.\n<\/p>\n
20.The appeal is allowed with costs.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                           ………………………………………..J.
\n                           (B. SUDERSHAN REDDY)<\/p>\n
                           …………………………………………J.
\n                           (SURINDER SINGH NIJJAR)<\/p>\n
NEW DELHI,
\nAUGUST 05, 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Supreme Court of India Vinaykishore Punamchandji … vs Bhumi Kalptru & Ors on 5 August, 2010 Author: B S Reddy Bench: B. Sudershan Reddy, Surinder Singh Nijjar REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 6299 OF 2010 ARISING OUT OF SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NO. 2517 OF 2007 VINAYKISHORE […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-supreme-court-of-india"],"yoast_head":"\nVinaykishore Punamchandji ... vs Bhumi Kalptru & Ors on 5 August, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/vinaykishore-punamchandji-vs-bhumi-kalptru-ors-on-5-august-2010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vinaykishore Punamchandji ... vs Bhumi Kalptru & Ors on 5 August, 2010 - 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