https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288529 After termination of the contractual tenancy, the occupant remained only a statutory tenant with a personal protection to continue in possession, not an estate or transferable interest. That protection did not devolve on death unless the rent control statute expressly so provided, so the heirs could defend only in the deceased tenant's representative character and not assert a personal defence unavailable to him. The landlord's bona fide requirement was treated as such a personal ground, and the Court held that the legal representatives could not resist eviction on that basis. The Court also held that the contractual tenancy had been duly terminated by notice, so there was no basis for remand on that issue. en-us Thu, 10 Aug 1972 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 13 Jun 2020 11:28:58 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288529 After termination of the contractual tenancy, the occupant remained only a statutory tenant with a personal protection to continue in possession, not an estate or transferable interest. That protection did not devolve on death unless the rent control statute expressly so provided, so the heirs could defend only in the deceased tenant's representative character and not assert a personal defence unavailable to him. The landlord's bona fide requirement was treated as such a personal ground, and the Court held that the legal representatives could not resist eviction on that basis. The Court also held that the contractual tenancy had been duly terminated by notice, so there was no basis for remand on that issue. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 10 Aug 1972 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288529