law: Indian Easements Act, 1882
  17. Rights which cannot be acquired by prescription
  Easements acquired under section 15 are said to be acquired by
  
  prescription, and are called prescriptive rights.
  None of the following rights can be so acquired-
  (a) a right which would tend to the total destruction of the
  
  subject of the right, or the property on which, if the acquisition were made,
  
  liability would be imposed;
  (b) a right to the free passage of light or air to an open space
  
  of ground;
  (c) a right to surface-water not flowing in a stream and not
  
  permanently collected in a pool, tank or otherwise;
  (d) a right to underground water not passing in a defined
  
  channel.