Persons not to be deprived of property save by authority of law
Protects against deprivation of property except by authority of law.
Official law source ↗Civil & constitutional · LEGAL ISSUE GUIDE
Property Rights / Possession
संपत्ति अधिकार
Search constitutional protection against unlawful deprivation of property and related criminal conduct.
Understanding this legal issue
Search constitutional protection against unlawful deprivation of property and related criminal conduct.
Property ownership and possession disputes often turn on civil and state-specific laws not included here. The criminal provisions are only potentially relevant where their separate ingredients exist.
Key question: Is the dispute about title, possession, fraud, trespass or registration?
SELECTED PROVISIONS · NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST
Constitutional context
Equality before law
Addresses equality before the law and equal protection of laws.
Official law source ↗Related property offences
Theft
Addresses theft and its punishment provisions.
Earlier-law reference: IPC 378 / 379 · orientation only
Official law source ↗Dishonest misappropriation of property
Covers dishonest misappropriation under the provision.
Earlier-law reference: IPC 403 · orientation only
Official law source ↗Criminal breach of trust
Covers entrustment-related dishonest misappropriation and its variants.
Earlier-law reference: IPC 405–409 (subsection-dependent) · orientation only
Official law source ↗Forgery of valuable security, will, etc.
Addresses certain aggravated kinds of forgery.
Earlier-law reference: IPC 467 · orientation only
Official law source ↗Remedies & limitation
Bar of limitation
Prescribes dismissal of proceedings instituted after limitation, subject to the Act.
Official law source ↗Exclusion of time in proceeding bona fide in court without jurisdiction
Addresses specified periods spent prosecuting certain proceedings in good faith before a forum unable to entertain them.
Official law source ↗Before relying on these references: Read the full official law, check sub-sections, schedules, exemptions, dates, special Acts, transition rules and current judicial interpretation. Mentioning a section here does not mean it applies to every fact pattern.