1990 CLC 1353 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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SADORI BAI VS FAIZ MUHAMMAD Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance 1979--2 , Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance 1979 Ss. 2(j) & 21---Word, "tenant" as used in Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance, 1979---Connotation---Word "tenant" means any person who undertakes or is bound to pay rent as consideration for possession or occupation of any premises by him or by other person on his behalf---Word "tenant" would include any person who continued to be in possession after termination of tenancy and heirs of tenant in possession or occupation of premises after tenant's death---Only those heirs of deceased tenant who were actually in possession of premises were to be treated as tenants and not those who were not occupying the same--¬Appellant having contested eviction proceedings from the very outset would be a tenant after original tenant's death---Appellant being son of deceased tenant was in occupation of premises while deceased's daughters being not in occupation of premises could not be deemed to be tenants within the scope of S.2, Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance---Appeal was dismissed in circumstances.