Limitation Act, 1963 · Chapter II: Limitation of Suits, Appeals and Applications
Section 11: Suits on contracts entered into outside the territories to which the Act extends
In plain words
Suits filed in India on contracts made in a foreign country follow the time limits of this Act.
- A foreign time limit is a defence only if it has wiped out the contract itself and the parties lived in that country during the whole foreign period.
- The section still refers to the State of Jammu and Kashmir, as it was written when the Act did not extend there.
A simplified explanation, prepared with AI assistance from the official text below and checked automatically against it for numbers and cross-references. The official text is the law and prevails over this summary. Not legal advice.
Official text
(1) Suits instituted in the territories to which this Act extends on contracts entered into in the State of Jammu and Kashmir or in a foreign country shall be subject to the rules of limitation contained in this Act.
(2) No rule of limitation in force in the State of Jammu and Kashmir or in a foreign country shall be a defence to a suit instituted in the said territories on a contract entered into in that State on in a foreign country unless—
(a) the rule has extinguished the contract; and
(b) the parties were domiciled in that State or in the foreign country during the period prescribed by such rule.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 11
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M/s HPCL Bio-Fuels Ltd. v. M/s Shahaji Bhanudas Bhad
(i) Whether a fresh application u/s.11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 filed by the respondent could be said to be maintainable more particularly when no liberty to file a fresh application was granted…