Supreme Court · 1951 INSC 48 · Decided 17 October 1951
Sant Lal Mahton v. Kamala PRASAD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1951 INSC 48 · [1952] 1 S.C.R. 116
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 81/1950
- Decided
- 17 October 1951
- Bench
- M. PATANJALI SASTRI, BIJAN KUMAR MUKHERJEA, SUDHI RANJAN DAS, VIVIAN BOSE (4-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Limitation Act Section 20, 116
Headnote
116 SUPREME COURT REPORTS SANT LAL MAHTON v. KAMALA PRASAD. [PATANJALI SAsTRI, MuKHERJEA, DAS and VMAN BosE JJ.] [1952] Indian Limitation Act (IX of 1908); s. 20 (I )-Paymen: of interest before expiry of period of limitation-Acknowledgment in writing after limitation-Whether gives fresh period period of limitation, it does not require that the acknowledgement of the payment should also be made within that period. But it is essential that such acknowledgement, whether made before or after the period of limitation, must be in existence prior to the instittuion of the suit. An
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