ATYAM VEERRAJU AND OTHERS vs PECHETTI VENKANNA AND OTHERS

The Supreme Court held that the suit lands belonged to a Hindu Deity, confirming the trial court's finding that the defendants' claim of adverse possession was invalid. The Court ruled that the arrangement made in 1851 did not confer permanent lease rights to the defendants, as they failed to produce the sanad and were merely tenants. The Court emphasized that the deity remained the registered owner of the lands, and the defendants could not challenge the deity's title under Section 116 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, and Articles 144, 134-B, and 139 of the Indian Limitation Act, 1908.