Lease agreement

If there is clause in the lease that terminates the lease on death, The agreement continues till expiry of lease and the heirs can make new agreement after that.

If tenent dies then landlord can hold on to estate till the rents are paid by successor and tenency ends.

Generally, the Registered lease deed contains a clause that the lease is binding on successors, legal heirs etc and what your friend need to do is contact a local advocate and arrange to issue a notice to the tenant informing death and claiming such rights as the legal heir of lessor demanding payment of lease rent.  It is not clear as to the number of legal heirs or co-sharers.

The law is that a lessee can never dispute the title of the lessor under the doctrine of estopple 

 

The facts, as posted, lack clarity. Is it that the premises has been leased or is it just a case of agreement to lease? Any how, what is the stand of the other party?

Let your friend may continue the lease deed, if convenient to him /her.

experts, Thanks for your valuable advise..