Sirinivasam Prasanth vs Nadaraja Devarajan – SC APPEAL 163/2019-2021

In the case between Sirinivasam Prasanth and Gayathiry Prasanth (plaintiffs) and Nadaraja Devarajan and Sri Jayadevi Devarajan (defendants), the court addressed the issues of validity of paper title to a condominium unit and the requirements for acquisition of prescriptive (adverse) title. It was held that a valid deed is not invalidated by third-party financial assistance, and that permissive possession cannot mature into adverse possession absent explicit, affirmative acts evidencing an intent to oust the rightful owner. The court reinstated the District Court’s decision in favor of the plaintiffs, upholding their paper title and awarding costs for all three courts. This outcome reaffirms the principle that permissive possession under license cannot ripen into prescriptive title without