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Supreme Court rejects plaint as suit filed in 2022 barred by 2016 limitation
The case concerns a dispute over a Joint Venture Agreement for property development, where the Supreme Court determined whether a suit filed in 2022 was time-barred by limitation based on events occurring in 2016.
The Court held that the limitation bar was obvious from the pleadings and ordered the rejection of the plaint.
Who it concerns: Appellant: N Asha Devi; Respondents: R Aravind Kumar & Anr.; Bench: Justices J. B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran.
What the court decided
- Set aside the orders of the Trial Court and High Court that had rejected the application under Order VII Rule 11 CPC.
- Ordered that the plaint in O.S. No.632 of 2022 pending before the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Chengalpattu, shall stand rejected.
- Allowed the appeal.
- Disposed of any pending applications.
Also in the document
- The Court held that the cause of action arose on 20.04.2016, making the suit filed in October 2022 'grossly delayed'.
- The Court applied the principle that when limitation is a mixed question of fact and law, the plaint can be rejected at the threshold if the bar is obvious from the pleadings.
- The Court noted that a public notice issued by the plaintiff in June 2022 did not create a fresh cause of action.
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Supreme Court of India — orders & judgments
Court order · 23 Aug 2026
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