https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=159852 Section 29B of the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act was construed narrowly: the benefit of the special eviction procedure was confined to the member expressly described in the provision, and the phrase "who dies while in service or within five years of retirement" was held to qualify that member's death. The Court also treated the statutory classification created by the 1979 amendment as permissible and not violative of Article 14. On that construction, major daughters could not invoke Section 29B after the retired serviceman's death, and the eviction petition under Section 13(1)(ff) was not maintainable. en-us Wed, 03 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 28 May 2025 11:35:51 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=159852 Section 29B of the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act was construed narrowly: the benefit of the special eviction procedure was confined to the member expressly described in the provision, and the phrase "who dies while in service or within five years of retirement" was held to qualify that member's death. The Court also treated the statutory classification created by the 1979 amendment as permissible and not violative of Article 14. On that construction, major daughters could not invoke Section 29B after the retired serviceman's death, and the eviction petition under Section 13(1)(ff) was not maintainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 03 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=159852