Minority and limitation: Section 6 extends to motor accident claim petitions filed under the special law.

Section 6 of the Limitation Act, 1963 applied to a claim petition under Section 110-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 because Section 29(2) made Sections 4 to 24 applicable to special-law proceedings unless excluded. A claim petition filed by application was treated as analogous to a plaint for material purposes, and the word "suit" in Section 6 was construed broadly enough to cover it. Because the claim concerned a matter ordinarily triable in a civil court, the claimant's minority entitled exclusion of time until majority, so the petition was within limitation.

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Issues: Whether Section 6 of the Limitation Act, 1963 applied to a claim petition under Section 110-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 so as to exclude the period of minority and render the application within time.

Analysis: Section 29(2) of the Limitation Act makes Sections 4 to 24 applicable to proceedings under a special law unless expressly excluded. The claim petition under Section 110-A was instituted by application and was treated as analogous to a plaint for material purposes. On that construction, the term "suit" in Section 6 was held wide enough to cover such a claim petition. The Court also noted that the proceeding related to a dispute ordinarily triable in a civil court, and therefore the disability of minority entitled the applicant to exclusion of time up to the attainment of majority.

Conclusion: Section 6 of the Limitation Act, 1963 applied to the claim petition under Section 110-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, and the application was within time.

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