https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299098 A plea of limitation raised under Section 9A of the Code of Civil Procedure is a jurisdictional objection that must be decided at the threshold, and a suit barred on the pleadings cannot proceed to merits where no further evidence is needed. The Court also held that exclusion of time under Section 14 of the Limitation Act requires the claimant to prove due diligence and good faith in the earlier proceeding, and mere amendment of the plaint is insufficient. As no oral evidence was led to establish those requirements, the later suit remained time-barred and the dismissal of the suit was left undisturbed. en-us Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 03 Dec 2021 12:34:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299098 A plea of limitation raised under Section 9A of the Code of Civil Procedure is a jurisdictional objection that must be decided at the threshold, and a suit barred on the pleadings cannot proceed to merits where no further evidence is needed. The Court also held that exclusion of time under Section 14 of the Limitation Act requires the claimant to prove due diligence and good faith in the earlier proceeding, and mere amendment of the plaint is insufficient. As no oral evidence was led to establish those requirements, the later suit remained time-barred and the dismissal of the suit was left undisturbed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299098