A leave and license agreement is an agreement wherein the licensor temporarily allows the. licensee to use and occupy licensor’s immovable property full or a portion of it, for the. purpose of carrying business activity or residential use.The first statute which is relevant for a leave and licence is the Indian Easements Act, 1882. S. 52 of the Act, defines a ‘licence’ as a right granted by one person to another to do something in or upon the grantor’s immovable property, which act would in the absence of such a right be unlawful.

A leave and license agreement is an agreement wherein the licensor temporarily allows the. licensee to use and occupy licensor’s immovable property full or a portion of it, for the. purpose of carrying business activity or residential use.

 The Transfer of Property Act defines a lease of immovable property as a transfer of a right to enjoy such property made for a certain time in consideration of a price paid or promised. Under s. 108 of the said Act, the Lessee is entitled to be put in possession of the property