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What period of limitation applies to enforcement of a decree granting a mandatory injunction under the…

Article 135 of the Limitation Act, 1963 prescribes three years for enforcing a decree granting a mandatory injunction. Time runs from the decree or, if a date is fixed for…

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What period of limitation applies to enforcement of a decree granting a mandatory injunction under the Limitation Act, 1963?

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Article 135 of the Limitation Act, 1963 prescribes three years for enforcing a decree granting a mandatory injunction. Time runs from the decree or, if a date is fixed for performance, from that date.

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Option A

Article 136 sets a general twelve-year execution period and expressly excludes decrees granting mandatory injunctions.

Option B

Article 134’s one-year period concerns delivery of possession to a purchaser in execution, a different application.

Option C

Article 135 prescribes three years for enforcement of a decree granting a mandatory injunction.

Option D

The no-period proviso under Article 136 concerns a perpetual injunction. Article 135 expressly limits this mandatory injunction.

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