Thika Tenant

Thika tenant, 'thika tenant' means any person who holds, whether under a written lease or otherwise, land under another person, and is or but for a special contract would be liable to pay rent, at a monthly or at any other periodical rate, for that land to that another person and has erected or acquired by purchase or gift any structure on such land for a residential, manufacturing or business purpose and includes the successors in interest of such person, Jnan Ranjan Sen Gupta v. Arun Kumar Bose, AIR 1975 SC 1994 (1995): (1975) 2 SCC 526: (1976) 1 SCR 105. [Calcutta Thika Tenany Act (20 of 1949), s. 2(5)]