Supreme Court of India

Madhavrao Narayanrao Patwardhan v. Ramkrishna Govind Bhanu and Others

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Bench Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha, Syed Jaffer Imam and K. Subba Rao JJ.
Decided 18 April 1958

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, it must be held that the snit is barred by limitation.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Li1n£tation-Suit instituted without disclosing value of tlze pro­ perties-Plaintiff applying for return of plaint for re-presentation to proper Court-Computation of period of limitation-Dtduction of time of pendency in original Court-Burden of proof-Good faith­ Due diligence-General Clauses Act, I897. (X of I897), s. 3(20)­ lndian Limitation Act, I908 (IX of Igo8), ss. 2(7), I4. Where the plaintiff i11stituted a suit in the Munsiff's court on January 31, 1929, but without !lisclosing the value of the p1oper­ ties for the purposes of jurisdiction, and on an application made by him on June 21…

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