The civil companyrt in ejectment against the appellants and obtained a decree for possession of the theatre and an order for payment of mesne profits.
With special leave, the appellants have appealed to this companyrt.
The civil judge at Ahmedabad determined in a proceeding under Order XX, rule 12, of the Code of Civil Procedure, the liability of the appellants to pay mesne profits at Rs.
The Prakash Talkies had been run quite independently of the other cinemas and, as such, a source had dried up in 1952 itself.
After the expiry of the lease the landlord filed an action in the civil companyrt in rejectment against the appellants and obtained a decree for possession of the theatre and an order for payment of mesne profits.
Shah, J. The appellants were lessees of a cinema theatre called Prakash Talkies at Ahmedabad and carried on the business exhibiting cinematograph films in that theatre.
