Tenant paid Rs 6.5 lakh to buy landlady’s property; SC admits sale agreement as evidence and says possession doesn’t finalise sale without a sale deed

The Supreme Court ruled that a tenant's long-term possession of a property does not automatically finalize a sale agreement, even with partial payment. The court emphasized that possession must stem directly from the sale agreement, not from an independent tenancy, to be considered a "deemed conveyance." The sale agreement was admitted as evidence, but ownership remains undecided pending further trial.