Anamika Shakya (18785) - Section 652 To Section 655 Section 652-Reasonable Costs To Be Paid For Saving Property in Times of Disaster
Anamika Shakya (18785) - Section 652 To Section 655 Section 652-Reasonable Costs To Be Paid For Saving Property in Times of Disaster
describes that if any person or individual protects any kind of property during the
time of natural disaster like landslide, flood, storm, earthquake without the owner
being aware about such act of protection of that person then in that case the owner
is liable to reimburse or repay all the expenses incurred during the protection of
For example
awareness about such protection of his property and during the process of
as A took care of the animals by feeding and caring them then in such case B is
liable to pay the health expenses of A as well as other expenses incurred during the
protection of the livestock since A is the one who protected B’s property during the
flood.
Section 653: Right to claim reimbursement
The sub section 1 of the section 653 of chapter 15 -Part 5 explains that if a
person who is liable to pay the obligation, fulfills any kind of the obligation in
his/her own expenses but if the other person gets any kind of benefit from the
fulfillment of such obligation then the person paying the obligation has the right to
claim the reimbursement of the amount from the person who got the benefit.
For example if Krish and Ram are two partners who runs a business. The
electricity bill has to paid to the government on time by Krish and Ram equally but
Ram refuses to pay half of the rent due to some financial issues at present. So, if
Krish paid the electricity bill for the office then Ram is also getting benefit from it
without paying anything then in such case Krish can claim reimbursement of the
expense incurred from Ram. He can ask for the equal division of the expense from
Rozan , a farmer. However, if Roshil, the landlord fails to pay the amount due on
the land to the bank. Even after sending notice and not receiving the amount from
Roshil, the bank publishes the advertisement to sell the land. But according to the
law once the land is sold , Rozan’s lease agreement is annulled. In the meantime,
Rozan does not want the land to be sold as he has worked hard on the land and the
land is also producing crops well. So, Rozan paid the amount due on the land to the
bank so as to prevent the land from being sold. Here , the land got saved from
being sold without the contribution of the land owner, Roshil. Therefore ,a quasi-
contract is initiated where Roshil the land owner is obligated to repay the said
amount to Rozan.
any obligation for any illegal purpose then is such case a person shall not be
advance to A and if B paid the full amount to A in advance but A didn’t keep the
promise and ran away with the money from B then in such case B cannot reclaim
The section 654 describes that in the case where a person rears and
maintains another person without the awareness of the person who is actually
obliged to rear and maintain the other person then the person who actually is
taking care and rearing the person has the right to claim the amount for such
For example :Suppose let us assume that in a case a child named Harry went
missing and if a person ,Peter found him and if Peter took care of that child until
he found the identity of the Harry’s parent .So when Peter finds the true parents of
Harry ,at that time Peter has the right to claim the expenses incurred while rearing
But in the case where the person is taking care and maintaining another
person due to his compassion, intention or gratification then in such case he/she
John’s pet dog ran away from the house into the road but John is unaware about
the fact that his pet is missing from the house and in the meantime if Olive found
the dog injured in the road so, Olive took the dog in his house where Olive took
care of John’s pet. Olive fed and treated the dog with medicines. Later when John
found out that his pet is fine and is under the care of Olive. Now, Olive can claim
the expenses incurred while taking care of John’s dog from John ,if Olive wants
the reimbursement.
But if Olive decides to bear all the expenses of the dog as he decided to
gratuitously, then in such case, John is not obliged to pay the expenses incurred to
Olive as it was done with his good intention , compassion and gratification.
The section 655 of Part V of the National Civil act, 2017 explains that in the
situation like the death of a person, if any individual performs the funeral and
obsequies acts of the deceased in accordance to his or her rituals and traditions
without providing the information about it to the successor or the close relative of
the deceased then in such situation the person who performed the funeral has the
right to claim the expenses which is incurred in the performance of such funeral
and obsequies acts from either the closest heir or in absence of the heir , the
For example if Ram, whose children are living in abroad, got into an
accident and he dies on the spot and in such case Hari,a friend of Ram decided to
awareness about their father’s death. In such case Hari, can claim the expenses
incurred during the funeral of Ram either from Ram’s children or from Ram’s
closed relatives.