Supreme Court of India

Sukhbiri Devi & Ors v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 13 S.C.R. 523
Bench Ajay Rastogi and C. T. Ravikumar JJ.
Decided 29 September 2022

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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeal stands dismissed with costs. 28.All pending applications are disposed of.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or.XIV, r.2(2) – Whether t he issue of limitation can be determined as a preliminar y issue u/Or. XIV, r.2(2) – Held: Yes – The issue of limitation can be fra med and determined as a preliminary issue u/Or. XIV, r.2(2) (b), CPC in a case where it can be decided on admitted facts – In the present case, the findings of the Trial Court with respect to pr eliminary issue of limitation are based on the relevant dates revea led from the pleadings of the plaintiffs in the plaint itself – ‘Statements’ by a party to proceedings are admissions and facts admitted need not

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to

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