https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461637 A tenant who has continuously recognised and paid rent to the original landlord or predecessor is estopped under Section 116 of the Evidence Act from denying the transferee's title while the tenancy continues. On purchase of the buildings by registered sale deed, the landlord-tenant relationship continued on the same terms, and the petitioners could not resist eviction by disputing the respondent's title. The court also noted that the buildings were treated as separately owned from the land, and the grant documents did not show that structures raised by the grantee would vest automatically in the State. Eviction proceedings were therefore maintainable. en-us Fri, 25 Mar 1977 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:49:16 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461637 A tenant who has continuously recognised and paid rent to the original landlord or predecessor is estopped under Section 116 of the Evidence Act from denying the transferee's title while the tenancy continues. On purchase of the buildings by registered sale deed, the landlord-tenant relationship continued on the same terms, and the petitioners could not resist eviction by disputing the respondent's title. The court also noted that the buildings were treated as separately owned from the land, and the grant documents did not show that structures raised by the grantee would vest automatically in the State. Eviction proceedings were therefore maintainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 25 Mar 1977 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461637