Calcutta HC Upholds Licensee Eviction as Khajna Receipts & Tax Records Established Better Title

Saraswati Das and others Vs Shib Narayan Das and another (Calcutta High Court) In Saraswati Das and others Vs Shib Narayan Das and another, the Calcutta High Court dismissed a second appeal challenging concurrent eviction decrees passed by the lower courts against the appellants, who were held to be licensees in respect of the suit property. The Court held that in a suit for eviction of a licensee, the plaintiff is only required to establish a better title than the defendant and not absolute title. The appellants argued that the suit effectively involved declaration of title and therefore the ...