Object and features of Limitation Act, 1963

Suppose your neighbour borrowed fifty thousand rupees from your father in 2005, never repaid it, and your family found the old promissory note in a cupboard last week. Can your father still sue? Nobody asks whether the debt was real; the law asks whether the claim was brought in time. The Limitation Act 1963 is the statute that says how long a person has to go to court, and what happens if the clock runs out.

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The Limitation Act 1963 fixes, in its Schedule, the time within which a suit, appeal or application must be brought, and section 3 requires the court to dismiss anything filed after that time even if the defendant never raises the point.

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