Challenges to Adverse Possession on Registered Land
The term adverse possession is a legal doctrine and also known as “squatter’s rights .” According to it, a person who does not have any legal title over the property attains ownership based on continuous possession over the property without the consent of the actual owner. Adverse possession - a harsh law Hon’ble Supreme Court has observed that the law of adverse possession is stringent strict for actual owners and a boon for a dishonest person who illegally acquired possession of the property of the real owner.” So, what is adverse possession? In simple words, it can also be called as “land grabbing.” Origin of this type of land taking lies in the national policy called “Land to the Tiller”. Adverse possession recognized under the Limitation Act The Limitation Act, 1963, is a statute that governs the period within which suits are to be filed. The law of limitation is based on the norm that ‘limitation extinguishes the remedy, but not the right,’ i.e.,