https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191897 An unregistered lease covenant prohibiting construction could not defeat tenants' statutory rights under the Madras City Tenants' Protection Act, 1921. The Act was construed as a self-contained code: section 3 preserved a right to compensation on ejectment, section 9 conferred a corresponding right to purchase, and section 12 prevented contractual terms from taking away or limiting those rights. Because the lease was unregistered, the proviso protecting registered stipulations about erection of buildings did not apply. Section 13 excluded reliance on the general law of transfer of property, and the preamble could not narrow clear operative provisions. The covenant not to build therefore did not curtail the statutory entitlement to seek purchase of the land. en-us Tue, 27 Apr 1965 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 01 May 2017 18:12:01 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191897 An unregistered lease covenant prohibiting construction could not defeat tenants' statutory rights under the Madras City Tenants' Protection Act, 1921. The Act was construed as a self-contained code: section 3 preserved a right to compensation on ejectment, section 9 conferred a corresponding right to purchase, and section 12 prevented contractual terms from taking away or limiting those rights. Because the lease was unregistered, the proviso protecting registered stipulations about erection of buildings did not apply. Section 13 excluded reliance on the general law of transfer of property, and the preamble could not narrow clear operative provisions. The covenant not to build therefore did not curtail the statutory entitlement to seek purchase of the land. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 27 Apr 1965 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191897