Limitation Act, 1963 · Chapter III: Computation of Period of Limitation
Section 22: Continuing breaches and torts
In the case of a continuing breach of contract or in the case of a continuing tort, a fresh period of limitation begins to run at every moment of the time during which the breach or the tort, as the case may be, continues.
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 22
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Aslam Ismail Khan Deshmukh v. Asap Fluids Pvt. Ltd. & Anr.
Petitioner sought appointment of an arbitrator for the adjudication of disputes and claims in terms of the Shareholders Agreement between the parties. Whether the reference under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration &…
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Mohd Abaad Ali & Anr. v. Directorate of Revenue
Whether benefit of s.5 r/w. ss. 2 and 3 of the Limitation Act, 1963 can be availed in an appeal against acquittal.
- Rushibhai Jagdishchandra Pathak v. Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation
- Samruddhi Co-Operative Housing Society Ltd. v. Mumbai Mahalaxmi Construction Pvt. Ltd.
- Babulal Vardharji Gurjar v. Veer Gurjar Aluminium Industries Pvt. Ltd. & Anr.
- Sagar Sharma & Anr. v. Phoenix Arc Pvt. Ltd. & Anr.
- Janabai v. Additional Commissioner and Others
- Pankajbhai Rameshbhai Zalavadiya v. Jethabhai Kalabhai Zalavadiya (Deceased)
- L.C. Hanumanthappa (Since Dead) Represented by His Lrs. v. H. B. Shivakumar
- Udai Shankar Awasthi v. State of U.P. Anr.
- T.V. Venugopal v. Ushodaya Enterprises Ltd. and Anr.
- Hari Ram v. Jyoti Prasad & Anr.
- Sankar Dastidar v. Shrimati Banjula Dastidar and Anr.
- M/S Bengal Waterproof Limited v. Mis Bombay Waterproof Manufacturing Co. and Anr.
- Karuppaswamy and Others v. C. Ramamurthy