https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307534 Where a limitation objection is raised as going to jurisdiction under section 9-A of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, the court must frame and decide it at the threshold as a preliminary issue. The Bombay High Court applied the Division Bench view that section 9-A is intended to prevent multiplicity of proceedings and requires jurisdictional objections raised at the stage of interim relief to be determined first. It rejected the contention that the issue could not be examined because it involved mixed questions of law and fact, holding that a plea that the suit is barred by limitation directly affects the court's competence to proceed on the merits. en-us Wed, 30 Aug 2000 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 20 Apr 2023 14:29:46 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307534 Where a limitation objection is raised as going to jurisdiction under section 9-A of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, the court must frame and decide it at the threshold as a preliminary issue. The Bombay High Court applied the Division Bench view that section 9-A is intended to prevent multiplicity of proceedings and requires jurisdictional objections raised at the stage of interim relief to be determined first. It rejected the contention that the issue could not be examined because it involved mixed questions of law and fact, holding that a plea that the suit is barred by limitation directly affects the court's competence to proceed on the merits. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 30 Aug 2000 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307534