The Law of Limitation under the Limitation Act, 1963 bars the remedy but it does not extinguish the right. Explain in brief.

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The Law of Limitation under the Limitation Act, 1963 bars the remedy but it does not extinguish the right. Explain in brief.

Answer & Explanation:

The law relating to limitation is incorporated in the Limitation Act, 1963, which prescribes different periods of limitation for suits, petitions or applications. In the case of Bombay Dying & Mfg. Co. Ltd. v. State of Bombay, AIR 1958 SC 328 , the Supreme Court held that the Law of limitation bars the remedy in a Court of law only when the period of limitation has expired, but it does not extinguish the right that it cannot be enforced by judicial process. Thus if a claim is satisfied outside the Court of law after the expiry of period of limitation, that is not illegal. Section 3 of the Limitation Act, 1963 provides that any suit, appeal or application if made beyond the prescribed period of limitation, it is the duty of the Court not to proceed with such suits irrespective of the fact whether the plea of limitation has been set up in defence or not. The provisions of Section 3 are mandatory. The Court can suo motu take note of question of limitation. The question whether a suit is barred by limitation should be decided on the facts as they stood on the date of presentation of the plaint.

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