S R RADHAKRISHNAN vs NEELAMEGAM — C.A. No. 1811 - 1813/1997

The Supreme Court dismissed appeals by S.R. Radhakrishnan and his brothers against an eviction suit, holding that defendants 2 and 3 were never validly constituted as tenants of the printing press premises under the Tamil Nadu City Tenants Protection Act, 1921. The court found that the release deed executed by defendant 1 in favor of his younger brothers only transferred business interests, not tenancy rights, there was no proof of rent payment, and actual physical possession is mandatory to invoke Section 9 purchase rights. Since the brothers failed to establish valid tenancy status, their application to purchase the property was rightly rejected. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.