Section 6: Suit by person dispossessed of immovable property.

The Specific Relief Act, 1963Central Act · Act 47 of 1963

(1) If any person is dispossessed without his consent of immovable property otherwise than in due course of law, he or any person [through whom he has been in possession or any person] claiming through him may, by suit, recover possession thereof, notwithstanding any other title that may be set up in such suit.

(2) No suit under this section shall be brought--

(a) after the expiry of six months from the date of dispossession; or

(b) against the Government.

(3) No appeal shall lie from any order or decree passed in any suit instituted under this section, nor shall any review of any such order or decree be allowed.

(4) Nothing in this section shall bar any person from suing to establish his title to such property and to recover possession thereof.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Specific Relief Act, 1963
Section	6
Marginal note	Suit by person dispossessed of immovable property.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	9

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

inserted, Act 18 of 2018. . Ins. by Act 18 of 2018, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-10-2018).

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