Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 478 · Decided 15 September 2003
Union of India and ANR. v. Punjab Singh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 478 · [2003] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 728
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7360/2003
- Decided
- 15 September 2003
- Bench
- R.C. LAHOTI, ASHOK BHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Limitation Act Section 3
Headnote
Limitation Act, I 963 : Section 3: Limitation-Prescribed period of-Suit filed after expiry of period of C limitation-Trial court decreed the suit-Decree maintained in first and second appeals-Validity of-Held: Trial court bound to dismiss a suit filed after expiry of period of /imitation-Hence the Scheme, 1980. D E The respondent was granted freedom fighters pension under the Freedom Fighters Pension Scheme, 1972. Subsequently, as the re­ spondent's annual income exceeded the limit fixed under the said scheme the appellant suspended the release of the pension to the respondent.
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