Possession Alone Cannot Decide Title in Property Disputes: Madras HC

Natarajan Vs Palanivel (Died) (Madras High Court) The case concerns two related suits involving competing claims over a property and requests for permanent injunction. The plaintiff filed O.S. No. 371 of 1997 before the District Munsif Court, Rasipuram, seeking permanent injunction against the defendants, claiming ownership and possession of the suit property based on a registered Will executed by his paternal uncle Ganapathy on 11.07.1986. According to the plaintiff, Ganapathy acquired the property through a partition deed dated 04.05.1970 and, after Ganapathy’s death in a road accident on ...