II. THE INDIAN LAW OF LIMITATION
Its Scheme of arrangement
Operation of Lapse of time under Indian Statute Law
- Lapse of a definite period of time produces four results under Indian Statute Law.
(1) It multiplies the right of the holder to obtain a remedy for the wrong—Section 3 of the Limitation Act.
(2) It not only bars his remedy but extinguishes his right— Section 28 of the Limitation Act.
(3) It confers a right to light, air, way, watercourse, use of water or easements on a person who has enjoyed it for a prescribed period—Section 26 Limitation Act.
(4) It extinguishes right to easements—Section 47 of Act V of
(2), (3), (4) are cases which fall under the Law of Prescription. (1) Only falls under the Law of Limitation. The Limitation Act deals with a mixed body of law and two must be studied separately.