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Indian Easements Act, 1882 Chapter 2

Title: The Imposition, Acquisition and Transfer of Easements

State: Central

Year: 1882

.....sale took effect. A is entitled to the light, and B cannot build on the land so as to obstruct such light. (g) A the owner of a house, sells IS a factor)' built on adjoining land, B is entitled, as against A, to pollute the air, when necessary, with smoke and vapours from the factory. (h) A, the owner of two adjoining houses, Y and Z, sells Y to B, and retains Z. B is entitled to the benefit of all gutters and drains common to the two houses and necessary for enjoying Y as it was enjoyed when the sale took effect, and A is entitled to the benefit of all the gutters and drains common to the two houses and necessary for enjoying Z as it was enjoyed when the sale look effect. (i) A, the owner of two adjoining buildings, sells one to B, retaining the other. B is entitled to a right to lateral support from A's building, and A is entitled to a right to lateral support from B's building. (j) A, the owner of two adjoining buildings, sells one to B and the other to C. C is entitled to lateral support from B's building, and B is entitled to lateral support from C's building. (k) A grants lands to ti for the purpose of building a house thereon. B is entitled to such amount of.....

Indian Easements Act, 1882 Chapter 3

Title: The Incidents of Easements

State: Central

Year: 1882

.....of his mill. He cannot thereby increase his right to divert water. (b) A has acquired an easement to pollute a stream by carrying on a manufacture on its banks by which a certain quantity of foul matter is discharged into it. A extends his works and thereby increases the quantity discharged. He is responsible to the lower riparian owners for injury done by such increase. (c) A as the owner of a farm, has a right to lake for the purpose of manuring his farm: leaves which have fallen from the trees on B's land. A buys a field and unites it to his farm. A is not thereby entitled to take leaves to manure this fields. Section 30 - Partition of dominant heritage Where a dominant heritage is divided between two or more persons, the easement becomes annexed to each of the shares, but not so as to increase substantially the burden on the servient heritage: Provided that such annexation is consistent with the terms of the instrument, decree or revenue proceeding (if any) under which the division was made, and in the case of prescriptive rights, with the user during the prescriptive period. Illustrations (a) A house to which a right of way by a particular path is annexed.....

The Easements Act, 1882 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1882

.....appears, be deemed to pass the easement to the person in whose favour the transfer or devolution takes place. SECTION 20: RULES CONTROLLED BY CONTRACT OR TITLE The rules contained in this Chapter are controlled by any contract between the dominant and servient owners relating to the servient heritage, and by the provisions of the instrument or decree, if any, by which the easement referred to was imposed. Incidents of customary easements and when any incident of any customary easement is inconsistent with such rules, nothing in this Chapter shall affect such incident. SECTION 21: BAR TO USE UNCONNECTED WITH ENJOYMENT An easement must not be used for any purpose not connected with the enjoyment of the dominant heritage. SECTION 22: EXERCISE OF EASEMENT -- CONFINEMENT OF EXERCISE OF Easement The dominant owner must exercise his right in the mode which is least onerous to the servient owner; and when the exercise of an easement can without detriment to the dominant owner be confined to a determinate part of the servient heritage, such exercise shall, at the request of the servient owner, be so confined. SECTION 23: RIGHT TO ALTER MODE OF ENJOYMENT Subject to the provisions of.....

Indian Easements Act, 1882 Section 13

Title: Easements of Necessity and Quasi Easements

State: Central

Year: 1882

.....sale took effect. A is entitled to the light, and B cannot build on the land so as to obstruct such light. (g) A the owner of a house, sells IS a factor)' built on adjoining land, B is entitled, as against A, to pollute the air, when necessary, with smoke and vapours from the factory. (h) A, the owner of two adjoining houses, Y and Z, sells Y to B, and retains Z. B is entitled to the benefit of all gutters and drains common to the two houses and necessary for enjoying Y as it was enjoyed when the sale took effect, and A is entitled to the benefit of all the gutters and drains common to the two houses and necessary for enjoying Z as it was enjoyed when the sale look effect. (i) A, the owner of two adjoining buildings, sells one to B, retaining the other. B is entitled to a right to lateral support from A's building, and A is entitled to a right to lateral support from B's building. (j) A, the owner of two adjoining buildings, sells one to B and the other to C. C is entitled to lateral support from B's building, and B is entitled to lateral support from C's building. (k) A grants lands to ti for the purpose of building a house thereon. B is entitled to such amount of.....

Indian Easements Act, 1882 Section 28

Title: Extent of Easements

State: Central

Year: 1882

With respect to the extent of easements and the mode of their enjoyment, the following provisions shall take effect;-- Easement of necessity.--An easement of necessity is co-extensive with the necessity as it existed when the easement was imposed. Other easements.--The extent of any other easement and the mode of its enjoyment must be fixed with reference to the probable intention of the parties, and the purpose for which the right was imposed or acquired. In the absence of evidence as to such intention and purpose-- (a) Right of way.--A right of way of any one kind does not include a right of way of any of kind; (b) Right to light or air acquired by grant.--The extent of a right to the passage of light or air to a certain window, door on other opening, imposed by a testamentary or non-testamentary instrument, is the quantity of light or air that entered the opening at the time the testator died or the non-testamentary instrument was made; (c) Prescriptive right to light or air.--The extent of a prescriptive right to the passage of light or air to a certain window, door or other opening is that quantity of light or air which has been accustomed to enter that opening d

Indian Easements Act, 1882 Section 31

Title: Obstruction in Case of Excessive User

State: Central

Year: 1882

In the case of excessive user of an casement the servient owner may, without prejudice to any other remedies to which he may be entitled, obstruct the user, but only on the servient heritage: Provided that such user cannot be obstructed when the obstruction would interfere with the lawful enjoyment of the easement. Illustration A, having a right to the free passage over B's land of light to four windows, 6 "X 4", increases their size and number. It is impossible to obstruct the passage of light to the new windows without also obstructing the passage of light to the ancient windows. B cannot obstruct the excessive user.

Indian Easements Act, 1882 Section 38

Title: Extinction by Release

State: Central

Year: 1882

.....nature to be done on the servient heritage, the necessary consequence of which is to prevent his future enjoyment of the easement, and such act is done in pursuance of such authority; (b) where any permanent alteration is made in the dominant heritage of such a nature as to show that the dominant owner intended to cease to enjoy the easement in future. Explanation II.--Mere non-user of an easement is not an implied release within the meaning of this section. Illustrations (a) A, B and C are co-owners of a house to which an easement is annexed. A, without the consent of B and C, releases the easement. This release is effectual only as against A and his legal representative. (b) A grants Ban easement over A's land for the beneficial enjoyment of his house, B assigns the house to C, B then purports to release the easement. The release is ineffectual. (c) A, having the light to discharge his eavesdroppings into B's yard, expressly authorises B to build over this yard to a height which will interfere with the discharge. B builds accordingly. A's easement is extinguished to the extent of the interference. (d) A, having an easement of light to a window, builds up.....

Indian Easements Act, 1882 Chapter 5

Title: The Extinction, Suspension and Revival of Easements

State: Central

Year: 1882

.....to B, and lawfully imposes an easement on the land in favour of C in accordance with the provisions of section 10. The land is sold to D in satisfaction of the mortgage-debt. The easement is not thereby extinguished. Section 38 - Extinction by release An easement is extinguished when the dominant owner releases it, expressly or impliedly, to the servient owner. Such release can be made only in the circumstances and to the extent in and to which the dominant owner can alienate the dominant heritage. An easement may be released as to part only of the servient heritage. Explanation I.--An easement is impliedly released-- (a) where the dominant owner expressly authorises an act of a permanent nature to be done on the servient heritage, the necessary consequence of which is to prevent his future enjoyment of the easement, and such act is done in pursuance of such authority; (b) where any permanent alteration is made in the dominant heritage of such a nature as to show that the dominant owner intended to cease to enjoy the easement in future. Explanation II.--Mere non-user of an easement is not an implied release within the meaning of this section. Illustrations .....

Indian Easements Act, 1882 Section 27

Title: Servient Owner Not Bound to Do Anything

State: Central

Year: 1882

.....as against the dominant owner, to use the servient heritage in any way consistent with the enjoyment of the easement; but he must not do any act tending to restrict the easement or to render its exercise less convenient. Illustrations (a) A, as owner of a house has a right to lead water and send sewage through B's land. B is not bound, as servient owner, to clear the water course or scour the sewer. (b) A grants a right of way through his land to B as owner of a field. A may feed his cattle on grass growing on the way, provided that B's right of way is not thereby obstructed; but he must not build a wall at the end of his land so as to prevent B from going beyond it, nor must he narrow the way so as to render the exercise of the right less easy than it was at the date of the grant. (c) A, in respect of his house, is entitled to an easement of support from B's wall. B is not hound, as servient owner to keep the wall standing and in repair. But he must not pull down or weaken the wall so as to make it incapable of rendering the necessary support. (d) A, in respect of his mill, is entitled to a water course through B's land. A must not drive stakes so as to.....

Indian Easements Act, 1882 Section 15

Title: Acquisition by Prescription

State: Central

Year: 1882

.....as lessee thereof and enjoyed the right as such lessee. The suit shall be dismissed, for the right of way has not been enjoyed "as an easement" for twenty years. (c) In a like suit the plaintiff shows that the right was peaceably and openly enjoyed by him for twenty years. The defendant proves that the plaintiff on one occasion during the twenty years had admitted that the user was not of right and asked his leave to enjoy the right. The suit shall be dismissed, for the right of way has not been enjoyed "as of right" for twenty years. ______________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Crown". 2. Substituted by Act 36 of 1963, section 28 for "sixty years" (w.e.f. 1-1-1964).