A right to sue accrued to X on 1st January, 2000 when he was a minor aged 15 years. The period of limitation of 2 years expires on
A. 1st January, 2002
B. 1st January, 2003
C. 1st January, 2005
D. None of the above
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Limitation Act - The period of limitation for filing the suit for compensation of injury caused by an injunction wrongfully obtained begins to run from
A. When the injunction obtained
B. When the injunction ceases
C. When the injunction application is file
D. When the suit for injunction is filed
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Under the Limitation Act, 1963, the court has no . . . . . . . . power, outside the Act, to relieve a litigant from the provisions of the Act
A. General
B. Inherent
C. Over-riding
D. General or inherent or over-riding
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Under Limitation Act applicant includes
A. A petitioner
B. Any person from or through whom an applicant derives his right to apply
C. Any person whose estate is represented by the applicant, an executor, administrator of other representative
D. All of the above
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Where a plaintiff has been prosecuting with due diligence and in good faith, another civil proceeding, relating to the same matter in issue, in a court which, from defect of jurisdiction is unable to entertain it, the period so spent by the plaintiff is Iiable to be excluded in computing the period of limitation for a suit, under
A. Section 12 of Limitation Act
B. Section 13 of Limitation Act
C. Section 14 of Limitation Act
D. Section 15 of Limitation Act
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For the purpose of this act in a suit of pauper the suit shall be deemed to be instituted on the date . . . . . . .?
A. When application for Leave to sue as a pauper is made
B. When application for leave to sue as pauper is allowed
C. When the suit is registered
D. It is the Court to decide the date of institution
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Section 6 of the Limitation Act lays down that where a person entitled to institute a suit, etc. is, at the time hom which the prescribed period is to be reckoned, a minor or insane, or an idiot, he may institute the suit, etc., within the same period after the disability has ceased, as would otherwise have been allowed from the time specified in the Schedule.
A. Section 6 does not provide for a fresh starting point of limitation
B. Section 6 does not prevent running of limitation but only extends the period of limitation
C. Both (A) and (B) are correct
D. Both (A) and (B) are incorrect
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Section 3, Limitation Act is applicable to the period of limitation prescribed by any
A. Local law
B. Special law
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. Neither (A) nor (B)
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For the purposes of Section 14, Limitation Act, 1963 which of the following must be considered?
A. In excluding the time during which a former civil proceeding was pending, the day on which that proceeding was instituted and the day on which it ended shall both be counted
B. A plaintiff or an applicant resisting an appeal shall be deemed to be prosecuting a proceeding
C. Misjoinder of parties or of causes of action shall be deemed to be a cause of like nature with defect of jurisdiction
D. All of these
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Article 94 of the Limitation Act, 1963 will apply to which of the following institutions?
(1) Hindu religious endowment
(2) Muslim religious endowment
(3) Buddhist charitable endowment
(4) Christian religious endowment
A. (1), (2) and (3)
B. (2), (3) and (4)
C. (1), (3) and (4)
D. (2), (4) and (1)
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The period of limitation for preferring an appeal to the High Court from an order of sentence, other than the sentence of death, is
A. 30 days
B. 90 days
C. 60 days
D. 45 days
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In which of the following case the Supreme Court held that "Law of Limitation may harshly affect a particular party, but it has to be applied with all of its rigors when the statute so prescribes and the Courts have no power to extend the period of limitation on equitable ground"?
A. P. K. Ramchandran v. State of Kerala
B. Punjab National Bank v. Surrendra Prasad Sinha
C. Bhagat Ram v. Gram Panchayat, Tibba NagaI
D. Ali Mohd. v. Ramniwas
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The provisions of section 3, Limitation Act are
A. Mandatory
B. Directory
C. Discretionary
D. Optional
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The provisions of Section 5 of the Act (Extension of prescribed period) are not applicable to
A. Appeals
B. Revisions
C. Suits
D. Applications
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The limitation period expired on 1st January, 2012. But court had holidays from 30th December 2011 - 5th January 2012. Limitation would expire on
A. 29th December, 2011
B. 6th January, 2012
C. 1st January, 2012
D. Discretion of the court
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In order to attract the applicability of Section 14 of the Limitation Act, which condition is not required to be satisfied?
A. Both, the prior and subsequent proceedings are civil proceedings prosecuted by the same party in a Court
B. The prior proceeding had been prosecuted with due diligence and good faith
C. The earlier proceeding and the later proceeding may be based on different matter in issue
D. The failure of the prior proceeding was due to defect of jurisdiction or other cause of like nature
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Under section 6 of Limitation Act, where several disabilities co-exist concurrently in the plaintiff the time does not commence to run against him
A. Till the first disability ceases to exist
B. Till the two, if there are more than two, disabilities cease to exist
C. Till all the disabilities cease to exist
D. Either (A) or (B)
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Which provision of the Act stipulates that the running of the period of limitation for a suit to recover debt where letters of administration to the estate of a creditor have been granted to this debtor would be suspended while the process of administration continues?
A. Section 3
B. Section 5
C. Section 9
D. Section 7
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Where once the time has begun to run, no subsequent disability or inability to institute a suit or make an application stops it under:
A. Section 9
B. Section 10
C. Section 11
D. Section 6
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The Limitation Act, 1963 applies to
A. The whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir
B. The whole of India including the State of Jammu and Kashmir
C. The whole of India except the North-Eastern States of India
D. The whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir and the North-Eastern States of India
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