Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court
Section 213 Indian Succession Act | Eviction Suit Not Barred for Legatee Acting as Landlord, Not Title Holder : Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has ruled that a legatee need not obtain probate to file an eviction suit if the claim rests solely on landlord-tenant rights under a lease, not on ownership derived from a will. This clarifies that Section 213 does not extend to tenancy disputes, protecting tenants from procedural delays while affirming the separation between succession law and rent control remedies.