'Tenant' and 'Holdover Tenant' - Indian Laws - General

Expression Tenant and Holdover Tenant As per Black s Law Dictionary: Tenant, n. (14c) 1. One who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of right or title. See TENANCY. [Cases: Landlord and Tenant-1] Holdover tenant: A person who remains in possession of real property after a previous tenancy (esp. one under a lease) expires, thus giving rise to a tenancy at sufferance.-Sometimes shortened to holdover. See tenancy at sufferance under TENANCY. [Cases: Landlord and Tenant-119(2).] UNION OF INDIA (UOI) VS NARESHKUMAR BADRIKUMAR JAGAD AND ORS.- 2018 (11) TMI 1855 - SUPREME COURT