............................................................................................................................. Contents Preliminary 1. Short title, local extent and commencement 2. Savings 3. Construction of certain references to Act XV of 1877 and Act IX of 1871 Chapter I - Of Eadements Generally 4. Easement defined 5. Continues and Discountinuous, Apparent and Non-apparent easement 6. Easement for limited time or on condition 7. Easements restrictive of certain rights Chapter II - The Imposition, Acquisition and Transfer of Easements 8. Who may Impose Easement 9. Servient Owners 10. Lessor and Mortgagor 11. Lessee 12. Who may acquire easement 13. Easement of necessity and Quasi Easements 14. Direction of way of necessity 15. Acquisition by Prescription 16. Exclusion in favour of reversioner of servient heritage 17. Rights which cannot be acquired by prescription 18. Customary easements 19. Transfer of dominant heritage Passes easement Chapter III - The Incidents of Easements 20. Rules controlled by contract or title 21. Bar to use unconnected with enjoyment 22. Exercise of Easement – Confinement of Exercise of Easement 23. Right to alter mode of enjoyment 24. Right to do acts to secure enjoyment 25. Liability for expenses necessary for preservation of easement 26. Liability for damage for want of repair 27. Servient owner not bound to do anything 28. Extent of easement 29. Increase of easement 30. Partition of dominant heritage 31. Obstruction in case of excessive user Chapter IV - The Disturbance of Easements 32. Right to enjoyment without disturbance 33. Suit for disturbance of Easement 34. When cause of action arises for removal of support 35. Injunction to restrain disturbance 36. Abatement of obstruction of easement Chapter V - The Extinction, Suspension and Revival of Easement 37. Extinction by dissolution of right of servient owner 38. Extinction by release 39. Extinction by revocation 40. Extinction on expiration of limited period of happening of dissolving condition 41. Extinction on termination of necessity 42. Extinction of useless easement 43. Extinction by permanent change in dominant heritage 44. Extinction on permanent alteration of servient heritage by superior force 45. Extinction by destruction of either heritage 46. Extinction by unity of ownership 47. Extinction by non-enjoyment 48. Extinction of accessory rights 49. Suspension of easement 50. Servient owner not entitled to require continuance 51. Revival of easement Chapter VI - Licences 52. “Licence” defined 53. Who may grant Licence 54. Grant may be express or implied 55. Accessory liceness annexed by law 56. Licence when transferable 57. Grantor’s duty to disclose defects 58. Grantor’s duty not to render property unsafe 59. Grantor’s transferee not bound by licence 60. Licence when revocable 61. Revocation express or implied 62. Licence when deemed revoked 63. Licensee’s rights on revocation 64. Licensee’s rights on eviction Extracts of Cognate Acts 1. Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, 1873 2. The Transfer of Property Act, 1882 – (Act IV of 1882) 3. Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – (Act 1 of 1894) 4. Limitation Act – (Act No. 36 of 1963) 5. Specific Relief Act, 1863 – (Act No. 47 of 1963) 6. The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1908 - (Act V of 1908) 7. The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(Act No. 2 of 1974) 8. Model Plaints Subject Index ............................................................................................................................. Auhtor Details Justice P.S. Narayana, Judge, High Court if Andhra Pradesh, hails from chittoor District, A.P. He had his law degree from Sri Venkateswara University apart from his Post Graduation in Pubic Administration. He has been delivering several lectures on different topics relating to law in A.P. Judicial Academy and also in certain academic institutions on their invitation. ............................................................................................................................. |