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REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL NO. 8410 OF 2014(Arisin !"# !$ S.L.P. (C% N!.1&'2 !$ 2011%

)*+*,-i# Sin /A,,*n#

Vs.

S*r*-i# Sin /Rs!n3n#

J U D G M E N T

T.S. THAKUR, J.

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de#endent on him or her, he or she, may a##ly to

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the $ontroller !or immediate #ossession o! suchbuilding or buildings, as the case may be%

&ro"ided that a right to a##ly in res#ect o!such a building under this section, shall be a"ailable

only a!ter a #eriod o! !i"e years !rom the date o!becoming the owner o! such a building and shall bea"ailable only once during the li!e time o! such anowner'

() Where the owner re!erred to in sub-section (1),has let out more than one residential building orscheduled building and/or non-residential building, itshall be o#en to him or her to mae an a##licationunder that sub-section in res#ect o! only one

residential building or one scheduled building and/orone non-residential building, each chosen by him orher*

(+) Where an owner reco"ers #ossession o! abuilding under this section, he or she shall nottrans!er it through sale or any other means or let itout be!ore the e#iry o! a #eriod o! !i"e years !romthe date o! taing #ossession o! the said building,!ailing which, the e"icted tenant may a##ly to the

$ontroller !or an order directing that he shall berestored the #ossession o! the said building and the$ontroller shall mae an order accordingly'

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' .hat #ara no' o! the a##lication is correct onlyto the etent that the res#ondent is in #ossession o!the sho# in dis#ute' .he rest o! the #ara is wrongand incorrect' .he res#ondent is in #ossession o!the sho# in dis#ute since 1 not !rom 10, theanswering res#ondents is not the subletee o! thesho# in dis#ute' .he res#ondent too the sho# indis#ute on rent and since the day o! creation o!tenancy the res#ondent wors in the sho# indis#ute'

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esto##els or conclusion, because a man3s own act oracce#tance sto##eth or closet u# his mouth to allegeor #lead the truth' 5$o' 6itt' +7a8

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Where a man ha"ing no title obtains #ossession o!land under a demise by a man in #ossession whoassumes to gi"e him a title as tenant, he cannotdeny his landlord3s title' .his is #er!ectly intelligibledoctrine' >e too #ossession under a contract to#ay rent so long as he held #ossession under thelandlord, and to gi"e it u# at the end o! the term tothe landlord, and ha"ing taen it in that way he isnot allowed to say that the man whose title he

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11?' 4sto##el o! tenant* and o! licensee o! #ersonin #ossession'@No tenant o! immo"able #ro#erty, or#erson claiming through such tenant, shall, duringthe continuance o! the tenancy, be #ermitted to

deny that the landlord o! such tenant had, at thebeginning o! the tenancy, a title to such immo"able#ro#erty* and no #erson who came u#on anyimmo"able #ro#erty by the licence o! the #erson in#ossession thereo!, shall be #ermitted to deny thatsuch #erson had a title to such #ossession at thetime when such licence was gi"en'

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