Specific Relief Act Section 7 — Recovery of specific movable property

CHAPTER I RECOVERING POSSESSION OF PROPERTY

General

Summary

If you have the right to possess a specific movable item, you can file a suit to get it back, and the process for doing so is governed by the Civil Procedure Code. A trustee can file such a suit on behalf of the person who actually benefits from the property. Also, having a temporary or special right to possess the item right now is enough to bring this kind of suit.

Official Text

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

Explanation 1.—A trustee may sue under this section for the possession of movable property to the beneficial interest in which the person for whom he is trustee is entitled.

Explanation 2.—A special or temporary right to the present possession of movable property is sufficient to support a suit under this section.