In Brief
Two tenants appealed against eviction orders after courts dismissed their challenge to the landlord's title. The tenants claimed both parties were encroachers on government property, so eviction was invalid. The Supreme Court upheld the eviction. The landlord proved his jural relationship through registered title deeds from 1911–1912, property records, and oral testimony that rent was paid over decades. The tenants provided no evidence of ownership. The landlord established a genuine need for the space for personal use. The Court held that establishing a valid landlord-tenant relationship and proving bona fide requirement for eviction sufficed; merely being encroachers did not prevent eviction.
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