Doctrine of the lost grant- Explained in Detail
Under the doctrine of lost grant, a long-continued use or possession can raise a legal presumption that the right exercised was previously conveyed to the user or possessor and that…
Under the doctrine of lost grant, a long-continued use or possession can raise a legal presumption that the right exercised was previously conveyed to the user or possessor and that…
A waqf is a dedication of movable or immovable property for a religious or charitable purpose recognised by Muslim law. Ordinarily, a waqf is brought into existence by an express…
The principles determining the extent to which our courts can enforce the legal consequences of actions and rights from previous legal regimes has been laid down by the Privy Council…
In Rai Sahib Dr Gurdittamal Kapur v Mahant Amar Das Chela Mahant Ram Saran, Supreme Court dealt with a case where a suit was filed in 1957 by the first…
Whether a de facto shebait can claim a right to continue indefinitely in office. A de jure shebait and a de facto shebait exercise similar rights in the limited sense…
The rights of a de facto shebait to institute suits on behalf of the deity can be traced to two early decisions of the Privy Council: Mahant Ram Charan Das…
Dispossession connotes an ouster; it involves a situation where a person is deprived of her/his possession with the coming of another person into possession. Dispossession implies deprivation of a right…
There is a significant distinction between property vested in a foundation (as in Roman law) or a deity as a juristic person (as in Hindu Law) and property per se…
In Sir Seth Hukum Chand v Maharaj Bahadur Singh, the dispute concerned two sects of the Jain community with regard to the rights of worship of a hill of 25…
In the eye of law, an owner would be deemed to be in possession of a property so long as there is no intrusion. Non-use of the property by the…