What limitation period applies to an appeal under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 from a subordinate…
Article 116(a) of the Limitation Act, 1963 prescribes ninety days from the date of the decree or order for the stated civil appeal to a High Court. Article 117 separately…
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What limitation period applies to an appeal under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 from a subordinate civil court's decree or order to a High Court, measured from the date of the decree or order?
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Article 116(a) of the Limitation Act, 1963 prescribes ninety days from the date of the decree or order for the stated civil appeal to a High Court. Article 117 separately prescribes thirty days for an appeal from a High Court decree or order to that same High Court.
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Option A
Thirty days applies under article 117 to the same-High-Court appeal and under article 116(b) to appeals to another court within that entry.
Option B
Sixty days is not the period under article 116(a). Article 130(a) separately concerns leave to appeal as a pauper to the High Court.
Option C
Article 116(a) specifies ninety days from the decree or order.
Option D
Three years is not the period prescribed by article 116(a).
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