Legal & Disputes

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Guide · 2 Oct 2026

Articles 134–137 of the Schedule to the Limitation Act, 1963: execution of decrees and the residuary article for applications

A purchaser at an execution sale has one year from when the sale becomes absolute to ask for delivery of possession (Article 134). Enforcing a decree...

Guide · 2 Oct 2026

The Schedule to the Limitation Act, 1963: Three Divisions and How to Read the Periods of Limitation

The Schedule's head reads "[See sections 2(j) and 3]". Its First Division (Articles 1 to 113) is for suits, in ten Parts. Its Second Division...

Guide · 2 Oct 2026

Articles 130–133 of the Schedule to the Limitation Act, 1963: leave to appeal as a pauper, revision, a High Court certificate and special leave to appeal

Leave to appeal as a pauper (Article 130) has sixty days to the High Court and thirty days to any other court, from the date of the decree appealed...

Guide · 2 Oct 2026

Articles 124–129 of the Schedule to the Limitation Act, 1963: review, recording satisfaction, instalments, setting aside an execution sale and possession

An application for review of a judgment by a court other than the Supreme Court (Article 124) has thirty days from the date of the decree or order...

Guide · 2 Oct 2026

Articles 118–123 of the Schedule to the Limitation Act, 1963: leave to defend, arbitration awards, legal representatives, abatement, restoration and ex parte decrees

An application for leave to appear and defend a suit under summary procedure (Article 118) has ten days from service of the summons. Setting aside an...

Guide · 2 Oct 2026

Articles 114–117 of the Schedule to the Limitation Act, 1963: appeals under the criminal and civil procedure codes

An appeal from an order of acquittal (Article 114) has ninety days from the date of the order, or thirty days from the grant of special leave. A...

Guide · 2 Oct 2026

Articles 111–113 of the Schedule to the Limitation Act, 1963: suits by a local authority or Government, and the residuary article

A local authority suing for possession of a public street or road (Article 111) has thirty years from the date of dispossession or discontinuance. A...

Guide · 2 Oct 2026

Articles 101–105 of the Schedule to the Limitation Act, 1963: suit upon a judgment, property conveyed by a person of unsound mind, trustee's loss, recurring rights and arrears of maintenance

A suit upon a judgment, including a foreign judgment, or a recognisance (Article 101) runs three years from the date of the judgment or recognisance...

Guide · 2 Oct 2026

Articles 97–100 of the Schedule to the Limitation Act, 1963: pre-emption, suits after execution orders, setting aside court sales and certain orders

A suit to enforce a right of pre-emption (Article 97) has one year from when the purchaser takes physical possession of the whole or part of the...

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