Dispossession and Discontinuance - Indian Laws - General

Dispossession and Discontinuance As per Black s Law Dictionary Deprivation of, or eviction from, rightful possession of property; the wrongful taking or withholding of possession of land from the person lawfully entitled to it; ouster. As per Ramanatha Aiyar s Advanced Law Lexicon: Discontinuance means that a person in possession goes out and is followed into possession by another person. It implies that all indications of occupation have been withdrawn. Dispossession or ouster is wrongfully taking possession of land from its rightful owner. The dispossession applies only to cases where the owner of land has, by the act of some person, been deprived altogether of his dominion over the land itself, or the receipt of its profits. A person cannot be dispossessed of immoveable property unless he was possessed thereof at the time. M. SIDDIQ (D) THR. LRS. VERSUS MAHANT SURESH DAS AND ORS. - 2019 (11) TMI 1396 - SUPREME COURT