Limitation Order
Limitation Order
Limitation Order
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION NO. 21 OF 2022
IN
MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION NO. 665 OF 2021
IN
SUO MOTU WRIT PETITION (C) NO. 3 OF 2020
IN RE: COGNIZANCE FOR EXTENSION OF LIMITATION
WITH
MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION NO.29 OF 2022
IN
MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION NO. 665 OF 2021
IN
SUO MOTU WRIT PETITION (C) NO. 3 OF 2020
Order
difficulties that might be faced by the litigants in filing petitions/
applications/ suits/ appeals/ all other quasi proceedings within
Digitally signed by
Vishal Anand
Date: 2022.01.10
limitation or under any special laws (both Central and/or State)
21:54:44 IST
Reason:
due to the outbreak of the COVID19 pandemic.
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this Court w.e.f. 15.03.2020 till further orders. On 08.03.2021,
the order dated 23.03.2020 was brought to an end, permitting
14.03.2021. While doing so, it was made clear that the period of
limitation would start from 15.03.2021.
intervened in the Suo Motu proceedings by filing Miscellaneous
02.10.2021.
Supreme Court AdvocatesonRecord Association in the context
of the spread of the new variant of the COVID19 and the drastic
Considering the prevailing conditions, the applicants are seeking
the following:
counsel and the impact of the surge of the virus on public health
and adversities faced by litigants in the prevailing conditions, we
deem it appropriate to dispose of the M.A. No. 21 of 2022 with
the following directions:
I. The order dated 23.03.2020 is restored and in continuation
general or special laws in respect of all judicial or quasi
judicial proceedings.
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as on 03.10.2021, if any, shall become available with effect
from 01.03.2022.
remaining, all persons shall have a limitation period of 90
period of limitation remaining, with effect from 01.03.2022
is greater than 90 days, that longer period shall apply.
IV. It is further clarified that the period from 15.03.2020 till
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Section 12A of the
Commercial Courts Act, 2015 and provisos (b) and (c) of
Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 and
any other laws, which prescribe period(s) of limitation for
proceedings.
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6. As prayed for by learned Senior Counsel, M.A. No. 29 of 2022 is
dismissed as withdrawn.
…………………….……CJI.
(N.V. RAMANA)
……………………….……J.
(L. NAGESWARA RAO)
……………………….……J.
(SURYA KANT)
New Delhi
January 10, 2022
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ITEM NO.301 Court 1 (Video Conferencing) SECTION PILW
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
IN RE: COGNIZANCE FOR EXTENSION OF LIMITATION
CORAM :
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. NAGESWARA RAO
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT
For Petitioner(s)
Mr. Shivaji M. Jadhav, Adv.
Ms. Manoj K. Mishra, Adv.
Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., Adv.
Ms. Diksha Rai, Adv.
Mr. Nikhil Jain, Adv.
Mr. Atulesh Kumar, Adv.
Dr. Aman M. Hingorani, Adv.
Ms. Anzu Varkey, Adv.
Mr. Aljo Joseph, Adv.
Mr. Sachin Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Varinder K. Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Abhinav Ramkrishna, AOR
Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Himanshu Chaubey, AOR
Mr. Prem Dave, Adv.
Mr. Raghav Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Toshiv Goyal, Adv.
For Respondent(s)
Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG
Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG
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Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Siddhant Kohli, Adv.
Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv.
Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR
Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR
Mr. Manan Bansal, Adv.
Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR
Mr. Aakash Nandolia, Adv.
Ms. Sagun Srivastava, Adv.
Ms. Sunieta Ojha, AOR
Mr. P. I. Jose, AOR
Mr. Jenis V. Frensis, Adv.
Mr. Prashant K. Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Anindita Mitra, AOR
Mr. Sahil Tagotra, AOR
Mr. Subhro Mukherjee, Adv.
Mr. Amit Sharma, AOR
Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv.
Mr. Kshatrashal Raj, Adv.
Ms. Tanya Chaudhry, Adv.
Ms. Pratyusha Priyadarshini, Adv.
Ms. Nitika Pandey, Adv.
For M/s.Parekh & Co., AOR
M/S. VKC Law Offices, AOR
Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR
Mr. Mukesh K. Giri, AOR
Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR
Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv.
Ms. Pratibha Jain, AOR
Sh. Soumya Chakraborty, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Sanjai Kumar Pathak, AOR
Ms. Shashi Pathak, Adv.
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Mr. Divyakant Lahoti, AOR
Mr. Parikshit Ahuja, Adv.
Ms. Praveena Bisht, Adv.
Ms. Madhur Jhavar, Adv.
Ms. Vindhya Mehra, Adv.
Mr. Kartik Lahoti, Adv.
Mr. Rahul Maheshwari, Adv.
Ms. Shivangi Malhotra, Adv.
Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR
Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Narayan Das, Adv.
Ms. Binu Tamta, Adv.
Mr. Dhruv Tamta, Adv.
Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv.
Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv.
Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv.
Ms. Pragya Barsaiyan, Adv.
Mr. Akash Singh, Adv.
Ms. Taruna Ardhendumauli Prasad, AOR
Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR
Mr. Niranjan Sahu, Adv.
Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, Adv.
Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv.
Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR
Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
The Court is convened through Video Conferencing.
(VISHAL ANAND) (R.S. NARAYANAN)
ASTT. REGISTRARcumPS COURT MASTER (NSH)
(Signed Order is placed on the file)