Letters of administration Petition for - Limitation - Art. 137 of 1963 Act applies - District Judge to be Judge of Principal Civil Court -

Citation

AIR 2008 SUPREME COURT 2058

2008(2) CTC 850

SUPREME COURT

(From : Delhi)

*DR. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J. and P. SATHASIVAM, J.

Civil Appeal No.2464 of 2008 (arising out of SLP (C) No. 12488 of 2006),

 D/-3-4-2008

Kunvarjeet Singh Khandpur v. Kirandeep Kaur and Ors

Succession Act (39 of 1925), S.278 - Limitation Act (36 of 1963), Art.137 Letters of administration Petition for - Limitation - Art. 137 of 1963 Act applies. AIR 1983 Bom 268; AIR 1991 Mad 214, (2004) 112 DLT 877, Partly Overruled.Any application to Civil Court made under any Act is covered by Article 137 of Limitation Act. The application for Letter of Administration is made in terms of Section 264 of Succession Act 1925 to the District Judge. Section 2(bb) of the 1925 Act defines the District Judge to be Judge of Principal Civil Court. Article 137 is clearly applicable to the petition for grant of Letters of Administration.