https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193286 A statutory recovery mechanism for public dues does not extend to enforcing a claim that has become time-barred or otherwise no longer recoverable in law. Where recovery proceedings had ended and the matter was left dormant for nearly eighteen years without any proved acknowledgment, part-payment, or other extension of limitation, the later demand was treated as stale and unenforceable. Coercive arrest as a mode of recovery could not be sustained once the underlying demand itself had become legally unenforceable, and such action was held contrary to law and personal liberty protections. The later recovery action was therefore quashed. en-us Tue, 23 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 21 Jul 2017 17:33:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193286 A statutory recovery mechanism for public dues does not extend to enforcing a claim that has become time-barred or otherwise no longer recoverable in law. Where recovery proceedings had ended and the matter was left dormant for nearly eighteen years without any proved acknowledgment, part-payment, or other extension of limitation, the later demand was treated as stale and unenforceable. Coercive arrest as a mode of recovery could not be sustained once the underlying demand itself had become legally unenforceable, and such action was held contrary to law and personal liberty protections. The later recovery action was therefore quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 23 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193286