Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1085 · Decided 12 October 2007
Annakili v. A. Vedana Yagam and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1085 · [2007] 11 S.C.R. 517
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4880/2007
- Decided
- 12 October 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Limitation Act Section 65
Headnote
VEDANA YAGAM AND ORS. OCTOBER 12, 2007 [S.B. SINHA AND HARJIT SINGH BEDI, JJ.) B "'T Adverse possession-Mere possession of land is not enough- Possessor must have animus possidendi and hold the land adverse to the title of the true owner-For said purpose, not only animus c possidendi must be for a period of more than 12 years without anything more does not ripen into a title-Limitation Act, 1963-Article 65. D Respondents purchased certain property from the Corporation of Madras. The property was later designated as a slum area and transferred to the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance
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