Under Section 122 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, the tenant is estopped

Under Section 122 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly section 116 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872), a tenant cannot, during the continuance of the tenancy or any time thereafter, deny that the landlord had title when the tenancy began. This rule prevents someone who accepted possession as a tenant from repudiating the title on which that relationship began. It concerns the landlord at that time, rather than the title of every possible actual owner.