filed under Order 1, Rule 10(2) of the Code of Civil Procedure by the Respondent No.1 praying that he may be allowed to become coplaintiff along with the appellants on the ground that he was a member of the appellants family and being so, he had a right, title and interest not only in the suit premises, but also in other family properties as one of the co-owners. It is on the basis of these allegations and with a view to protect his interest in the suit premises, he sought impleadment in the suit. The Trial Court dismissed the application, but the same was allowed by the High Court. It is against the order of the High Court that the matter reached the Apex Court. The Apex Court, noting that in an eviction suit filed by the landlord against the tenant, the landlord and the tenant are the only necessary parties, that the landlord is required to plead and prove two things to enable him to claim a decree for eviction against his tenant from the tenanted suit premises; first that there should exist a relationship of the landlord and tenant between the plaintiff and the defendant and second; the existence of ground(s) on which the plaintiff landlord had sought eviction under the Rent Act. The Apex Court observed that when these two things are proved, the eviction suit succeeds. Thereafter, the Hon’ble Supreme Court observed that the question of title of the suit
