Supreme Court of India

Bank of Baroda v. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.

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Reported as [2020] 5 S.C.R. 492
Bench Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose JJ.
Decided 17 March 2020

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What the Court ordered

We hold that Article 136 is to apply then the period of limitation in case of any foreign decree would be 12 years regardless of the limitation which may be prevalent in the country where the decree was passed, i.e., the cause country.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Limitation Act, 1963 – Arts. 136 and 137 – Executing a decr ee passed by a for eign cour t (from a r eciprocating countr y) in India – Period of limitation for – Held: The limitation period for executing a decr ee passed by a for eign cour t (fr om a r eciprocating countr y) in India will be the limitation pr escribed in the r eciprocating foreign country – However , this will be subject to the decr ee being executable in terms of s.13 of the CPC. Code of Civil Pr ocedure, 1908 – s. 44A – Limitation Act, 1963 – s.44A indicates period of limitation to execute the for eign decr ee or not –

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