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Indian Evangelical Lutheran Church Trust Association v. Sri Bala & Co.

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Reported as [2025] 1 S.C.R. 542
Bench B.V. Nagarathna and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh JJ.
Decided 7 January 2025

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We are of the view that the second suit filed by the respondent/plaintiff is barred by the law of limitation and is thus not maintainable. 8.

Judgment, page 26

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Issue for Consideration Whether the plaint in the subsequent suit for specific performance filed by the plaintiff, i.e., O.S. No. 49/2007, is liable to be rejected in terms of Order VII Rule 11(d) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 on the ground that the said suit is barred by the law of limitation. Headnotes† Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or. VII, r.11(d) – Limitation Act, 1963 – Arts. 54 and 113 – The plaintiff filed an unnumbered suit in the year 1993 for specific performance of the agreement to sell dated 26.04.1991 – The said suit was rejected vide order dated 12.01.1998 due to

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