Mera Samvidhaan All of Limitation Act, 1963

First Division · Part V · Suits Relating to Immovable Property

Article65Twelve years.

The Schedule · First Division—Suits · Part V—Suits Relating to Immovable Property

For possession of immovable property or any interest therein based on title.

Period of limitation

Twelve years.

Time from which period begins to run

When the possession of the defendant becomes adverse to the plaintiff.

Explanation.—For the purposes of this article— (a)where the suit is by a remainderman, a reversioner (other than a landlord) or a devisee, the possession of the defendant shall be deemed to become adverse only when the estate of the remainderman, reversioner or devisee, as the case may be, falls into possession; (b) where the suit is by a Hindu or Muslim entitled to the possession of immovable property on the death of a Hindu or Muslim female, the possession of the defendant shall be deemed to become adverse only when the female dies; (c)where the suit is by a purchaser at a sale in execution of a decree when the judgment-debtor was out of possession at the date of the sale, the purchaser shall be deemed to be a representative of the judgment-debtor who was out of possession.

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