In today's era, having one's own home for everyone is like a dream come true. The biggest reason behind this is the continuously increasing property prices. Buying a house is very expensive in cities, hence people can buy a house only by taking a loan. But even today there is a large section of people who are forced to live on rent. At the same time, amidst all this, many such cases come to light, where the landlord asks the tenant to vacate the house. But the tenant refuses to do so and sometimes it is even heard that he has been living in this house for a long time, so now he will not move. So, if a tenant has been living in a house for a long time, can he claim that house as his own? After all, what does the law say about this? So let us know. You can know about this in detail in the next slides…
First of all, you need to know that except in certain circumstances, the tenant cannot claim the property of the landlord. For this, you will have to know the Limitation Act 1963.
According to the information given in the Adverse Possession of Transfer of Property Act, if a tenant has been living on a property for 12 years or more and is in his possession, then he can sell it.
You can understand it in this way that if the tenant has adverse possession of the property, then only he is considered the owner of that house. This can be seen in the Limitation Act 1963, which states that the statutory period of limitation on private immovable property is 12 years and this period starts from the first day of possession.
This is how we can avoid it
Now you must be wondering, what should you do as a landlord in such a situation, then it is important that whenever you give any of your property on rent, you must get a rent agreement made. This can be proof that you have given your house, shop, etc. on rent.
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