Supreme Court of India
R. Nagaraj (dead) through Lrs. and Another v. Rajmani and Others
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the High Court was not justified in remanding the matter to the trial Court for fresh trial solely with respect to the issue of limitation; and that, the Courts below have rightly held that the suit was barred by limitation and Respondent Nos.1 to 3 are not entitled for any relief.
Judgment, page 31
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration Whether the High Court was justified in remanding the matter to the trial Court for a fresh trial on the issue of limitation, despite the existence of concurrent findings, when section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 empowered the High Court to decide the matter. Headnotes† Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – s.100 – Limitation Act, 1963 – s.3 and Art.59 – Both the trial Court and the First Appellate Court, after detailed analysis of the oral and documentary evidence let-in by the parties, categorically held that the suit was hopelessly barred by limitation –
Authorities it was built on
- 2005 Kailash v. Nanhku and Ors.
- 2001 Santosh Hazarl v. Purushottam Tiwarl (dead) by Lrs
- 1975 State of Punjab and Another v. Shamlal Murari & Anr,
- 2002 S. Amarjit Singh Kalra (dead) by Lrs. and Ors. v. Smt. Pramod Gupta (dead) by Lrs. and Ors.
- 1963 Manindra Land and Building v. Bhutnath Banerjee and Others
- 1998 N. Balakrishnan v. M. Krishnamurthy
- 2006 Ramesh B. Desai and Ors. v. Bipin Vadilal Mehta and Ors.
- 2018 Surat Singh (dead) v. Siri Bhagwan & Ors.
- 1971 Bharat Barrel & Drum Mfg. Co. Ltd. & Anr. v. Employees State Insurance Corporation
- 2019 Mehboob-ur-rehman (dead) through Lrs. v. Ahsanul Ghani
- 2018 Vijay Arjun Bhagat & Ors. v. Nana Laxman Tapkire & Ors.
- 2005 V.M. Salgaocar and Bros. v. Board of Trustees of Port of Mormugao and Anr
- 2015 Vaishaggarwal Panchayat v. Inder Kumar and Others
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 C.P. Francis v. C.P. Joseph and Others
- 2026 M/s Jindal Equipment Leasing Consultancy Services Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax
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