TULSI RAM vs MATHURA SAGAR PAN TATHA KRISHI

The court examines the applicability of the 'doctrine of lost grant' regarding the establishment of prescriptive rights. It clarifies that the doctrine cannot be used by inhabitants of a particular locality to establish rights of user to land or water. The ruling affirms that because the doctrine originates in a grant, it requires identifiable grantees and cannot be presumed in favor of a fluctuating or unascertained body of persons.