Declaratory suit limitation turns on clear threat to rights, and consequential relief fails when the main claim is time-barred.

A declaratory suit must be filed within three years from the date the right to sue first accrues. On the pleadings and admissions, knowledge of an attempted alienation contrary to the terms of the will gave rise to a clear and unequivocal threat, so limitation began on that date. A suit filed later was therefore time-barred under Article 58. Consequential reliefs could not survive once the principal declaratory relief was barred, and the challenge to the sale deed was also incomplete because the foundational will on which title was asserted was not itself challenged.

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Issues: Whether the suit seeking declaratory and consequential reliefs was barred by limitation under Article 58 of the Limitation Act, 1963.

Analysis: The limitation period for a declaratory suit is three years from the date when the right to sue first accrues. On the pleadings and admissions, the appellant had knowledge by 26.7.2011 that an attempt was being made to alienate the suit property contrary to the terms of the will, and that date constituted the accrual of a clear right to sue. The suit filed in January 2015 was therefore beyond the prescribed period. The remaining reliefs were consequential to the main declaratory relief and could not survive once the principal relief was found time-barred. The challenge to the sale deed was also incomplete because the foundational will of 10.9.1999, on which the respondents' title claim rested, was not challenged.

Conclusion: The suit was barred by limitation and was not maintainable for the consequential reliefs as framed.

Ratio Decidendi: For a declaratory suit, limitation begins when a clear and unequivocal threat to the asserted right arises, and consequential reliefs cannot be maintained when the foundational declaratory relief itself is time-barred or incomplete.

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