https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171559 A lease must be construed from its express terms as a whole; where the deed stipulated a twenty-year tenure with only contingent extensions, it fell within the exclusion for leases of not less than twelve years under the Calcutta Thika Tenancy Act, 1949, and the occupants were outside thika tenant protection. Prior proceedings, earlier pleadings, participation before the Controller, or dismissal of an earlier special leave petition did not create waiver, estoppel or res judicata absent a final adjudication of thika tenant status. The lease's intrinsic character could not be altered by conduct or pleadings contrary to its wording. en-us Mon, 03 Apr 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:50:41 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171559 A lease must be construed from its express terms as a whole; where the deed stipulated a twenty-year tenure with only contingent extensions, it fell within the exclusion for leases of not less than twelve years under the Calcutta Thika Tenancy Act, 1949, and the occupants were outside thika tenant protection. Prior proceedings, earlier pleadings, participation before the Controller, or dismissal of an earlier special leave petition did not create waiver, estoppel or res judicata absent a final adjudication of thika tenant status. The lease's intrinsic character could not be altered by conduct or pleadings contrary to its wording. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 03 Apr 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171559