Prudeta
Prudeta
2026 INSC 406
📌 Paras 3-5
The dispute concerns residential premises at Sujan Singh Park, New Delhi, subject to a perpetual lease deed dated April 26, 1945, executed by the Governor General in Council in favour of the respondent's predecessor. The Union of India, as successor lessor, occupied several constructed flats, servant quarters, and garages. The respondent contended that the Union of India occupied these premises as a tenant, attracting the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (DRC Act), while the Union of India asserted its occupation stemmed from the government grant, governed by the Government Grants Act, 1895 (GG Act).
📌 Para 2
Whether the Union of India's occupation of residential premises is governed exclusively by the terms of a perpetual le
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