Supreme Court · 1965 INSC 183 · Decided 20 September 1965
Atyam Veerraju and Others v. Pechetti Venkanna and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1965 INSC 183 · [1966] 1 S.C.R. 831
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 452/1963
- Decided
- 20 September 1965
- Bench
- A.K. SARKAR, M. HIDAYATULLAH, RAGHUBAR DAYAL, J.R. MUDHOLKAR, R.S. BACHAWAT (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 116; Limitation Act Section 144, 134
Headnote
Adverse Possession-Suit lands owned by Deity-Sanad execwed by trustee in 1851 in favour of defendants-Defendants clajming permanent le<Me-Nature of rights conferred could not be presumed in favour of defendants without production from year to year-Their possession not adverse to deity-As tenants 1hey could not challenge title of landlord-Indian Evidence Act, 1872, s. 116-llldian· Limitation Act, 1908, Arts. 144, 134-B, 139. The suit lands belonged to a Hindu Deity. In 1851 the then Archaka and de facto trustee
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