barred by limitation. The plaintiff contends that the suit claim is not barred by limitation as there is an acknowledgment of liability. But the defendant ... Limitation Act, essentials of a valid acknowledgment are (i) an admission of acknowledgment; (ii) that such acknowledgment must be in respect of a liability
which the acknowledgment was made at the time when the acknowledgment was given ; it prescribes that if before the period of limitation expires, an acknowledgment ... stated, for the purpose of Section 19 of the Limitation Act the acknowledgment relied on must purport to be of an existing liability. In Ittapan
first defendant acknowledging the liability under
Ex.A1 and has held that this acknowledgement extended the period of limitation by three years from ... extended period of limitation under Sec. 13 of the Limitation Act (IX of 1908). These rulings were rendered under the old Limitation Act . where there
count the period of limitation afresh, and that fresh period of limitation will be computed from the time when the acknowledgment was signed. Nothing turns ... admission or acknowledgment;
[ii] such acknowledgment must be in respect of a liability regarding a property or right;
[iii] acknowledgment must be made before
repayments and acknowledgments are denied and these acknowledgments will not bind the defendants and the suit claim is barred by limitation. The defendants are entitled ... manager of a joint family could acknowledge the debts and whether such acknowledgment could save limitation; that is not the point that arises for consideration
which the acknowledgment was made at the time when the acknowledgment was given; it prescribes that if before the period of limitation expires an acknowledgment ... alleged to have made the acknowledgment and that the acknowledgment extends the period of limitation further, making the acknowledgment the fresh starting point
from the date of acknowledgment, whichever is later. Of course, in the absence of any acknowledgment, the limitation would have expired on 27.10.2002 itself ... such acknowledgment was 12.05.2000. Therefore, there cannot be any doubt over the position that the said acknowledgment gave a fresh start of limitation
debt will give a fresh period of limitation under Section 18 of the Limitation Act,
if the acknowledgement is made within the period of limitation ... promise to pay, such acknowledgement will be
a fresh contract even if the acknowledgement is made beyond the period of
limitation
that unless the debt itself was alive on the date of acknowledgment, the acknowledgment made by the debtor would not have the effect of keeping ... wider in scope than the acknowledgment contemplated in Section 18 of the Limitation Act. The contract entered into under Section 25(3) is an independent
English decisions that the reason why an acknowledgment of indebtedness gives a fresh starting point for limitation is that it gives a fresh cause ... saving limitation by reason of the provisions of Section 19 of the Limitation Act as he was an agent authorized to make the acknowledgment
