(1.) THIS first appeal is at the instance of a defendant in a suit for eviction, decreed on the ground of subletting, and is directed against the judgment and decree dated 3rd May, 1982 passed by the learned Judge, Second Bench, City civil Court at Calcutta, in Ejectment Suit No. 740 of 1978.
(2.) THE case made out by the plaintiff-respondent may be summed up thus:
(3.) THE suit was contested by the appellant by filing written statement and subsequent additional written statement, and the defence of the appellant may be summarized thus: