Mere Long Possession Does Not Mature Into Adverse Possession Without Hostile Assertion of Ownership: Supreme Court

Clarifying the principles governing land revenue records, adverse possession, and religious dedications, the Supreme Court has ruled that long, uninterrupted physical possession cannot ripen into ownership without a conscious and hostile assertion of title against the true owner. A Bench comprising Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Shree Chandrashekhar upheld a High Court decision decreeing [...]