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Indian Easements Act, 1882 Section 17 - Bare Act

StateCentral Government
Year
Section TitleRights Which Cannot Be Acquired by Prescription
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Easements acquired under section 15 are said to he acquired by prescription, and are called prescriptive rights.

None of the following rights can be so acquired--

(a) a right which would tend to the total destruction of the subject of the right, or the property on which, if the acquisition were made, liability would be imposed;

(b) a right to the free passage of light or air to an open space of ground;

(c) a right to surface-water not flowing in a stream and not permanently collected in a pool, tank or otherwise;

(d) a right to underground water not passing in a defined channel.


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