In Re: An Appeal by Mohamed Ibrahim; Ex Parte: Gulam Mustafa Litt
In Re: An Appeal by Mohamed Ibrahim; Ex Parte: Gulam Mustafa Litt (Civil Appeal No. 19 of 1953) [1955] EACA 157 (1 January 1955)
The court held that the right of a statutory tenant under the Increase of Rent (Restriction) Ordinance, 1949, is a strictly personal right that does not survive the tenant's death and cannot be transmitted to an administrator or executor. The statutory definition of 'tenant' does not confer succession rights on administrators; only a widow or family member residing with the deceased at the time of death may, by operation of law, be deemed a statutory tenant, but this is not a succession right and is contingent on actual residence and absence of an absolute order for possession. In this case,…
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- Statutory Tenancy
- Succession Rights
- Abatement Of Appeal
- Rent Control
- Personal Rights Of Tenant