FIRST LAW

The Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965 - Section 11 (1) -  The authorities under the Act are not supposed to decide the title in dispute between the parties since law does not extend its jurisdiction to adjudging the title of parties to the alleged tenanted premises. Such a function to decide title is exclusively confined by law to civil courts. The authority of the functionaries under the Act is only to ascertain whether denial of title in the proceedings is bonafide or not.