Agartala, Aug. 6 -- The Tripura High Court has held that permissive possession does not confer ownership rights and cannot be converted into adverse possession merely because a person has remained in occupation for a long period.

The court made the observation while allowing a second appeal in a property dispute from Dhalai district and restoring the plaintiffs' title over the disputed land.

A single bench headed by Justice Biswajit Palit, in a judgment delivered on August 3, allowed the second appeal filed by Horo Priya Sarkar and four others, setting aside the judgments of the trial court and the first appellate court, which had dismissed their suit for declaration of title and recovery of possession.

The dispute related to about 0.8...