UPPALAPATI VEERA VENKATASATYANARAYANARAJU AND, ANOTHER vs JOSYULA HANUMAYAMMA AND ANOTHER. J. C. SHAH

The Supreme Court held that in cases of attornment, if the person to whom attornment is made lacks title, mere paper attornment is insufficient without actual payment of rent. The High Court was justified in directing the first appellate court to reconsider the evidence regarding rent payment, as the first appellate court had not adequately addressed this issue. The judgment emphasized that a tenant's acceptance of a new landlord's claim does not depend solely on future conduct, but actual attornment must be established through rent payment.