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M/s Bhagwandas B. Ramchandani v. British Airways

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Reported as [2022] 11 S.C.R. 539
Bench K. M. Joseph and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha JJ.
Decided 29 July 2022

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that Rule 30 (2) does not enable applicability of exclusion of periods for the purpose of reckoning the period of two years. 63 2011 SCC Online Guj 7601 (at para 10).

Judgment, page 39

From the headnote

Air Act, 1972 – Rule 30 – Limitation Act, 1963 – ss . 3, 29, schedule – Does Limitation Act, 1963 apply to the period spec ified in Rule 30 of the Second Schedule of the Carriage by Air Act, 1972 – Held: Rule 30 of the Second Schedule provides that the right to damages will be extinguished if an action is not br ought within a period of two years from the dates mentioned in the rule –When statutes are enacted to give effect to a treaty or convention, Articles 31 and 32 of the Vienna Convention becomes relevant for interpretation of such statutes – Courts of law mus t endeavor to maintain a

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