Gauhati High Court holds that limitation goes to the root of jurisdiction; failure to frame issue despite specific plea renders award void. Key precedent from *Noharlal Verma* applied.
Bombay High Court holds that amendment seeking declaration of waqf status is permissible pre-trial if predicated on pleaded facts, even if time-barred, provided no prejudice arises.
Bombay High Court holds that failure to frame a specific issue on limitation does not justify wholesale remand; appellate courts must use Order XLI Rules 24 and 25 CPC to decide on existing evidence.
Madhya Pradesh High Court holds that rejection of plaint under Order VII Rule 11 CPC is impermissible when limitation depends on disputed facts or accrual of cause of action.
Madras High Court refuses to condone 301-day delay in filing writ appeal, holding that bureaucratic inertia is not sufficient cause under Limitation Act.
Chhattisgarh High Court holds that Scheduled Tribe members are governed by customary law unless proven to be fully Hinduised; long-standing mutation entries bar stale claims.