Basic Property Law : You cannot claim to be owner of any property only on basis that it in your name in municipal and revenue records.

This is a very settled and basic property law.

You can claim ownership of property on basis of some document by which some title or interest in property could have been given to you.

But simply because property is entered in municipal and revenue records, you cannot claim ownership rights.

Reference : Case of Smt. Sawarni v. Smt. Inder Kaur 1996 (6)SCC 223

Haresh Raichura
20/10/14