https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185373 A lawful sub-tenant protected by rent-control legislation is not liable to eviction merely because the main tenant is in arrears of rent, since the default is attributable to the tenant in possession under the landlord-tenant relationship and cannot automatically be imputed to the sub-tenant. The statutory protection for a lawful sub-tenant is also limited: on determination of the main tenancy, the sub-tenant becomes the direct tenant only subject to the Act and to the nature of the eviction ground. The protection is not absolute and does not defeat the landlord's rights under other statutory grounds. The appeals failed on the pleaded rent-default ground. en-us Fri, 19 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:21:47 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185373 A lawful sub-tenant protected by rent-control legislation is not liable to eviction merely because the main tenant is in arrears of rent, since the default is attributable to the tenant in possession under the landlord-tenant relationship and cannot automatically be imputed to the sub-tenant. The statutory protection for a lawful sub-tenant is also limited: on determination of the main tenancy, the sub-tenant becomes the direct tenant only subject to the Act and to the nature of the eviction ground. The protection is not absolute and does not defeat the landlord's rights under other statutory grounds. The appeals failed on the pleaded rent-default ground. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 19 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185373