Lala Soni Ram vs Kanhaiya Lal on 6 March, 1913
30. The judgment of the Privy Council in Lala Soni Bam v. Kanhaiya Lal 19 Ind. Cas. 291 : 40 I. A. 74 : 13 M.L.T. 437 : 17 C.W.N. 605 : 11 A.L.J. 389 : (1913) M.W.N. 470 : 17 C.L.J. 488 : 15 Bom. L.E. 489 : 25 M.L.J. 131, 35 A. 227 :, 40 I. A. 74. was concerned not with the special law of limitation but with the general law as enacted in Act XIV of 1859 and Act XV of 1877. The suit in that case was instituted on the 4th March 1907 and was brought for the redemption of a mortgage. One defence was the bar of limitation, The plaintiff, sought to meet this plea by setting up certain acknowledgments and relied on the fact that they had been given when Act XIV of 1859 was in force. On the other side it was argued that the case was governed by Act XV .of 1877, and so the plaintiff could not claim the benefit of the law as to acknowledgments contained in the earlier Act. As to this it was said by the High Court : The law of limitation applicable to a suit or proceeding is the law in force at the date of the institution of the suit or proceeding, unless there is a distinct provision to the contrary.