Supreme Court of India

Ajay Gupta v. Raju @ Rajendra Singh Yadav

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Reported as [2016] 3 S.C.R. 225
Bench Kurian Joseph and Rohinton Fali Nariman JJ.
Decided 5 July 2016

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Limitation Act, 1963 - ss.4, 5 - Expiry of prescribed period when court is closed - On facts, last date for filing the suit was 31.12.2010, which was last day of winter vacation for court - Next day-01.01.2011 was a non-working Saturday - Disposal of application filed u/Or. 7 r. 11 on the ground that 01.01.2011 was non-working Saturday, thus, the suit filed on 03. 01.2011 is within limitation - Held: Jn terms of s. 4, in case the prescribed period for any suit expires on a day when the court is closed, the suit may be instituted when the court reopens - Further in terms of s. 5 no court or

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