Supreme Court · 1961 INSC 175 · Decided 24 April 1961
Nav Rattanmal and Others v. The State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1961 INSC 175 · [1962] 2 S.C.R. 324
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 454/1957
- Decided
- 24 April 1961
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, A.K. SARKAR, K.N. WANCHOO, K.C. DAS GUPTA, N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 133(1); Limitation Act Section 149
Headnote
COURT REPORTS NAV RATTANMAL AND OTHERS v. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN (P. 13. GAJENDRAGADKAR, A. K. SARKAR, IC N. W ANCHOO, K. C. DAS GUPTA and N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR, JJ.) [1962] Limitation-Sixty years for suits by the Government-Consti­ tutionality of-Indian Limitation Act, 1908 (IX of 1908), of the bond. The contention in defence, inter alia, was that art. 149 of the lndiau Limitation Act pres­ cribing a 60 years period of limitation for suits by the Govern­ ment was unconstitutional as violative of Art. 14 of the Consti­ tution and as such the suit was barred under
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