Limitation

Purni Devi & Anr. .v. Babu Ram & Anr.(Civil Appeal No. 4633 of 2024)02 April 2024 [Sanjay Karol* and Aravind Kumar, JJ.]

A suit was decreed in favour of plaintiff. Application for execution wasfiled before the Tehsildar (settlement), Hiranagar on 18.12.2000. The application was rejected on 29.01.2005. The Tehsildar observed that plaintiff had not applied before the Court with appropriate jurisdiction.Whether the period (18.12.2000 to 29.01.2005) diligently pursuing execution petition before the Tehsildar, would be excluded for the purposes of computing the period of limitation or not

Limitation Act, 1963 – s. 14 – J&K Limitation Act – Art.182 –The High Court dismissed the execution application preferred by the plaintiff being barred by limitation – Sustainability: