CAIIB BRBL Module C Unit 20 : The Law of Limitation

09/11/2023

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CAIIB Paper 4 BRBL Module C Unit 20 : The Law of Limitation (New Syllabus)

IIBF has released the New Syllabus Exam Pattern for CAIIB Exam 2023. Following the format of the current exam, CAIIB 2023 will have now four papers. The CAIIB Paper 4 (BANKING REGULATIONS AND BUSINESS LAWS) includes an important topic called “The Law of Limitation”. Every candidate who are appearing for the CAIIB Certification Examination 2023 must understand each unit included in the syllabus.

In this article, we are going to cover all the necessary details of CAIIB Paper 4 (BRBL) Module C (IMPORTANT ACTS/LAWS & LEGAL ASPECTS OF BANKING OPERATIONS – PART B) Unit 20 : The Law of Limitation, Aspirants must go through this article to better understand the topic, The Law of Limitation and practice using our Online Mock Test Series to strengthen their knowledge of The Law of Limitation. Unit 20 : The Law of Limitation

Period Of Limitation

The Recovery of Debts due to Banks and financial institutions Act, 1993 and the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 specifically state that actions under those Acts are permissible only if the claim is within the period of limitation.
The Limitation Act, 1963 is an Act to consolidate and amend the law for the limitation of suits and other proceedings.
It extends to the whole of India.
It is absolutely necessary that every suit or application or appeal shall have to be filed within the period of limitation. Section 3 of the Limitation Act declares that every suit instituted, appeal preferred, and application made after the prescribed period shall be dismissed although limitation has not been set up as a defense.

A suit is said to be instituted when the plaint is presented to the proper officer in the court. In the case of set off or counter claim, those shall be treated as a separate suit and shall be deemed to have been instituted:

In the case of a set off, on the same date as the suit in which the set off is pleaded;
In the case of a counter- claim, on the date on which the counter-claim is made in court.

Computation Of Period Of Limitation

When the period of limitation expires on a day when the court is closed, the suit, appeal or application may be instituted, preferred or made on the day when the court reopens. (Section 4)
Any appeal or any application other than execution petitions may be admitted after the prescribed period, if the appellant or applicant makes out sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal or application within the period of limitation. (Section 5)
The computation of the period of limitation, for filing appeal, shall exclude the day on which the judgement was pronounced and the time taken for obtaining a copy of the decree, sentence or order appealed.
For an application for execution of decree, the period during which the institution or execution has been stayed by injunction or order, the day on which the order was issued or made and the day on which it was withdrawn shall be excluded
For filing any suit for which notice has to be given, or for which the previous consent or sanction of the Government or any other authority is required, in accordance with the requirements of any law for the time being in force, the period of such notice, or the time required for obtaining such consent or sanction shall be excluded.
In computing the period of limitation for any suit, the time during which the defendant has been absent from India and from the territories outside India under the administration of the Central Government shall be excluded.

Acts Giving Rise To Fresh Period Of Limitation

There are two instances which will give rise to fresh period of limitation. In these cases the period of limitation will be computed as if the starting point is the happening of the instances.

Where before the expiration of the prescribed period for a suit or application in respect of any property or right, acknowledgement of liability in respect of such property or right has been made in writing signed by the party against whom such property or right is claimed, or by any person through whom he derives his title or liability, a fresh period of limitation shall be computed from the time when the acknowledgement was so signed.
Where payment on account of a debt or of interest on a legacy is made before expiration of the prescribed period by the person liable to pay the debt or legacy or by his agent duly authorized in this behalf, a fresh period of limitation shall be computed from the time when the payment was made. In this case ‘debt’ does not include money payable under a decree or order of a court.