Schedule, article 48, Limitation Act, 1963

First Division · Part II · Suits Relating to Contracts

Article48Three years.

The Schedule · First Division—Suits · Part II—Suits Relating to Contracts

For contribution by a party who has paid the whole or more than his share of the amount due under a joint decree, or by a sharer in a joint estate who has paid the whole or more than his share of the amount of revenue due from himself and his co-sharers.

Period of limitation

Three years.

Time from which period begins to run

The date of the payment in excess of the plaintiff’s own share.

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