विद्या देवी बनाम हिमाचल प्रदेश राज्य
| Citation | (2020) 2 SCC 569 |
| Court | Supreme Court of India |
| Date | 14 January 2020 |
| Year | 2020 |
| Bench | Arun Mishra, M.R. Shah JJ. |
| Acts/Articles | Limitation Act Section 27, Article 65 of Limitation Act Schedule |
| Category | Property & Land Law |
Key Principle Established
Adverse possession against government land requires 30 years of continuous, hostile, open, and uninterrupted possession. Burden of proof is on the person claiming adverse possession.
A person claimed ownership of government land by adverse possession, arguing they had been in continuous possession for over 30 years.
The Court held that adverse possession requires proof of all essential elements:
This judgment provides the modern framework for adverse possession claims and makes it significantly harder to claim government land through adverse possession. It is relevant to thousands of disputes involving encroachments on government land in Haryana.
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