PRITHA NANDY v. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NO.23759 OF 2024

SMT. PRITHA NANDY                    …PETITIONER

Versus

THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS.        …RESPONDENTS

ORDER

1. The petitioner has come before this Court challenging the final

judgment  and order  of  a  Division Bench of   the Calcutta  High

Court (“Division Bench”) dated 10.05.2024 in M.A.T. No. 280 of

2024. The Division Bench confirmed the common judgment of a

Single  Judge  of   the  Calcutta  High  Court  whereby  W.P.O.  No.

1351 of 2023 and W.P.A. No. 5978 of 2023 filed by the petitioner

were dismissed.

2. Facts of the case are as follows:

The   petitioner   and   her   sister­in­law   (Respondent   no.11

herein)   are   the   joint­owners   of   premises   no.   99A,   a   double

storeyed building located in Bidhan Sarani, Kolkata.

There   were   two   tenants   on   the   ground   floor   of   said

premises­Susanta Sutar (Respondent No. 10 herein) who was in

possession of   two shops,  and Jiban Krishna Bhowmick  (since

deceased,   represented  by  his   legal  heirs  Respondent  nos.  5­9

herein) who was in possession of one shop.

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The   petitioner   alleges   that   following   the   death   of   Jiban

Krishna   Bhowmick, ...