Section 116 Indian Evidence Act 1872
Section 116 of the Indian Evidence Act 1872 is about ‘Estoppel of tenants and of licensee of person in possession’. It is under Chapter VIII of the Act. Chapter VIII is titled ‘ESTOPPEL‘.
Estoppel of tenants and of licensee of person in possession
No tenant of immovable property, or person claiming through such tenant, shall, during the continuance of the tenancy, be permitted to deny that the landlord of such tenant had, at the beginning of the tenancy, a title to such immovable property; and no person who came upon any immovable property by the licence of the person
in possession there of shall be permitted to deny that such person had a title to such possession at the time when such licence was given.
See also:
Section 115 Indian Evidence Act 1872 (Estoppel)