https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=106436 Complete destruction of tenanted premises does not preserve a tenancy as of right where no legal provision is shown to continue it. The principle under section 108 of the Transfer of Property Act, which allows a lessee to treat a lease as void on destruction of the property, applies in its proper statutory context; it does not make a tenancy survive automatically under State rent law after total demolition. On those facts, a person who had not been in occupation since 1992 could not insist on being treated as a continuing tenant, and the Official Liquidator was not required to accept rent. en-us Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:40:15 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=106436 Complete destruction of tenanted premises does not preserve a tenancy as of right where no legal provision is shown to continue it. The principle under section 108 of the Transfer of Property Act, which allows a lessee to treat a lease as void on destruction of the property, applies in its proper statutory context; it does not make a tenancy survive automatically under State rent law after total demolition. On those facts, a person who had not been in occupation since 1992 could not insist on being treated as a continuing tenant, and the Official Liquidator was not required to accept rent. Case-Laws Companies Law Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=106436