Ownership Rights of property will not be provided to encroachers even if he has stayed for more than 12 years: Supreme Court

Ownership Rights of property will not be provided to encroachers even if he has stayed for more than 12 years: Supreme Court

In a judgment given by Supreme Court stated that if there is temporary possession of property, then one cannot acclaim of being owner of that property. Such person can be evicted by the title-holder landlord and can take forceful possession, even after 12 years of being captured.

Further adding to that the apex court also stated that the court proceeding are not needed to remove such kind of occupier. Only in the case of titleless occupier has effective, scheduled possession over property and thinks he/she to be true owner.

The bench of Justices like NV Ramana and MM Shantanagoudar said in a judgement that when a person will talk about the possession, he will need to show his title of property and should prove effective possession of that particular property. The court also shared that temporary possession cannot obstruct the true owner to take possession of property.