Supreme Court of India

R. Nagaraj (dead) through Lrs. and Another v. Rajmani and Others

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Reported as [2025] 4 S.C.R. 734
Bench J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan JJ.
Decided 9 April 2025

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

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 –

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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