Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 272 · Decided 29 October 1976
Kerala State Electricity Board, Trivandrum v. T. P. K. K. Amsom and Besom, Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 272 · [1977] 1 S.C.R. 996
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 246/1975
- Decided
- 29 October 1976
- Bench
- A.N. RAY, M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, P.N. SHINGAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Limitation Act Section 137, 181; Industrial Disputes Act Section 33C(2); Electricity Act Section 51
Headnote
Limitation Act, 1963, Article 137,-Whether confined to applications under the Code of Civil Procedure-Applicability to petitions under the Indian Tele­ graph Act, 1885, S. 16(5). The appellant cut and removed somo trees from the respondcnt'3 Ian~ for laying electric lines, and assessed the filed a petition under-section 16(5) of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, claiming an enhanced compensation. The Appellant opposed the petition contendingitthat it was time-barred under Article ,_137 of the Limitation Act, 1963. The respondent contended that Article 137 of the Limitation Act
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