Landmark case · Civil Procedure Code and Law of Limitation · Semester 5

Sampuran Singh v. Niranjan Kaur

AIR 1999 SC 1047 · Supreme Court of India

An acknowledgment under section 18 must be in writing, signed, and made before the period expires, in respect of the liability in question.

From topic

Computation, exclusion of time and acknowledgment — Unit V, Civil Procedure Code and Law of Limitation.

Related sections:

Limitation Act, 1963, 12 — Exclusion of time in legal proceedings
Limitation Act, 1963, 13–14 — Exclusion of time in certain other cases and of proceeding bona fide in court without jurisdiction
Limitation Act, 1963, 18 — Effect of acknowledgment in writing
Limitation Act, 1963, 19 — Effect of payment on account of debt or of interest