For the purposes of the Limitation Act, 1963, a suit in the case of a pauper is instituted:

Section 3(2)(a)(ii) of the Limitation Act, 1963 provides that a suit by a pauper (now an indigent person) is instituted "When application for leave to sue as a pauper is made".

The date is not postponed to the later order granting leave, nor tied to presentation of a plaint in the ordinary way.