https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298573 Children born from a void marriage are treated as legitimate under Section 16 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, and may succeed to the deceased's property, though any broader title dispute remains open for separate adjudication. In landlord-tenant proceedings, a tenant who entered possession under the landlord and paid rent is barred by Section 116 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 from denying the landlord's title while the tenancy subsists. The eviction petition was therefore maintainable on the basis of the admitted landlord-tenant relationship, and title was only incidental to that enquiry. en-us Fri, 12 May 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 10 Nov 2021 10:20:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298573 Children born from a void marriage are treated as legitimate under Section 16 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, and may succeed to the deceased's property, though any broader title dispute remains open for separate adjudication. In landlord-tenant proceedings, a tenant who entered possession under the landlord and paid rent is barred by Section 116 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 from denying the landlord's title while the tenancy subsists. The eviction petition was therefore maintainable on the basis of the admitted landlord-tenant relationship, and title was only incidental to that enquiry. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 12 May 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298573