A tenancy agreement is entered into between the owner of a property and his tenant. A tenant is a person who takes any property on rent or lease from the owner of the property. Tenant also includes any person by whom or on whose behalf the rent of any premises is payable. He is not the owner of the property.

A tenant includes:

A sub-tenant of a tenant A person who continues in possession of the property after the termination of his tenancy In case of death of the person continuing in possession after the termination of his tenancy, it includes his spouse, son, daughter, and daughterin-law in case she is a widow of his pre-deceased son. This is subject to the condition that they had been living in the premises with him as a member of his family up to the date of his death. This won't include any person against whom an order for eviction has been made. Also. it won't include any person to whom a licence has been granted by the owner

The right of every successor to continue in possession after the termination of the tenancy is personal to him. On the death of a successor, it does not devolve on any of his heirs. So, it does not pass on to other heirs automatically.

In case a person who acquires the right to continue in possession after the termination of the tenancy by succession was not financially dependent on the deceased person on the date of his death, he will acquire the right for a limited period only .The right of this successor to continue in possession after the termination of the tenancy is terminated after the expiry of that period or on his death, whichever is earlier.

In case the right of any successor to continue in possession after the termination of the tenancy is terminated, the termination does not affect the right of any other succession of the same category to continue. In case there is no other successor of the same category, the right to continue in possession after the termination of the tenancy will not pass on to any other successor.