#attornment

Bombay High Court rules that a tenant's payment of rent to an assignee landlord constitutes attornment, estopping the tenant from disputing the landlord's derivative title under the Bombay Rent Act. The eviction decree is confirmed, granting the tenant six weeks to vacate the premises.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court holds that when a tenant continues paying rent to a new owner after purchase, attornment alone suffices to establish legal tenancy-even without formal induction. This clarifies that rent payment to the transferee, not just original landlord-tenant agreements, creates protected tenancy rights under the Act, impacting eviction suits nationwide where property changes hands.