Indian Easements Act, 1882 · Chapter VI: Licenses
Section 52: "License" defined
Where one person grants to another, or to a definite number of other persons, a right to do, or continue to do, in or upon the immovable property of the grantor, something which would, in the absence of such right, be unlawful, and such right does not amount to an easement or an interest in the property, the right is called a license.
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 52
- Samarpan Varishtha Jan Parisar & Ors. v. Rajendra Prasad Agarwal & Ors.
- Engineering Analysis Centre of Excellence Private Limited v. The Commissioner of Income Tax & Anr.
- Yazdani International P. Ltd. v. Auroglobal Comtrade P. Ltd. & Ors.
- Prabhudas Damodar Kotecha & Ors. v. Manhabala Jeram Damodar & Anr.
- Mangal Amusement Park (P) Ltd. & Anr. v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Others
- Pradeep Oil Corporation v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Anr.
- Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. v. Chembur Service Station
- The New Bus Stand Shop Owners Association v. Corporation of Kozhikode & Anr.
- The Corporation of Calicut v. K. Sreenivasan
- Delta International Ltd. v. Shyam Sunder Ganeriwalla and Anr.
- M/S. Hajee S.V.M. Mohamed Jamaludeen Bros. and Co. v. The Government of Tamil Nadu