Specific Relief Act Section 5 — Recovery of specific immovable property

CHAPTER I RECOVERING POSSESSION OF PROPERTY

General

Summary

A person who has the legal right to possess a specific piece of land or building can get it back. The process for doing so is the one laid out in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. This section simply states that the recovery must follow that legal procedure.

Official Text

A person entitled to the possession of specific immovable property may recover it in the manner provided by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908).

Related Judgments

CAN 1 of 2023; Hafijur Sk. and others vs Dipali Mondal, Mr. Kamal Krishna Pathak,, Mr. Souvik Maji, … for the a — Calcutta High Court (Kolkata Principal Seat) (2025)
VINOD INFRA DEVELOPERS LTD. vs MAHAVEER LUNIA & ORS — Supreme Court of India (2025)
JAYANT VERMA & ORS. vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS — Supreme Court of India (2018)