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Section 122. To restore a suit or appeal or application for review or revision dismissed for default of appearanc

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

122. To restore a suit or appeal or application for review or revision dismissed for default of appearance or for want of prosecution or for failure to pay costs of service of process or to furnish security for costs. |||Description of suit||Period of limitation|Time from which|period begins to run|period begins to run|period begins to run| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |123.|To|set aside a decree passed|ex|Thirty days.|The date of the decree or where|||the| |||_parte_or to rehear an appeal|||summons or notice||was not|duly| |||decreed or heard_ex parte_.|||served,<br>when|the|applicant|had| ||Explanation.—For the purpose of||||knowledge of the|decree.||| |||this article, substituted service||||||| |||under rule 20 of Order V|of|||||| |||the Code of Civil Procedure,||||||| |||1908 (5 of 1908) shall not|be|||||| |||deemed to be due service.||||||| |124.|For a review of judgment by a|||Thirty days.|The date of the decree or order.|||| |||court other than the Supreme||||||| |||Court.||||||| |125.|To|record an adjustment|or|Thirty days.|When the payment or adjustment is made.|||| |||satisfaction of a decree.||||||| |126.|For the payment of the amount of|||Thirty days.|The date of the decree.|||| |||a decree by instalments.||||||| |127.|To|set aside a sale in execution of||1[Sixty days].|The date of the sale.|||| |||a decree, including any such||||||| |||application by a judgment-||||||| |||debtor.||||||| |128.|For<br>possession<br>by<br>one|||Thirty days.|The date of the dispossession.|||| |||dispossessed of immovable||||||| |||property and disputing|the|||||| |||right of the decree-holder|or|||||| |||purchaser<br>at<br>a<br>sale|in|||||| |||execution of a decree.||||||| |129.|For possession after removing|||Thirty days.|The date of resistance or obstruction.|||| |||resistance or obstruction|to|||||| |||delivery of possession|of|||||| |||immovable property decreed||||||| |||or sold in execution of a||||||| |||decree.||||||| |130.|For leave to appeal as a pauper—<br>(a) to the High Court;|||Sixty days.|The date of decree appealed from.|||| |131.|To|(b) to any other court.<br>any court for the exercise|of|Thirty days.<br>Ninety days.|The date of decree appealed from.<br>The date of the decree or order or|||| |||its powers of revision under|||sentence sought to be revised.|||| |||the Code of Civil Procedure,||||||| |||1908 (5 of 1908), or the Code||||||| |||of Criminal Procedure, 1898||||||| |||(5 of 1898).||||||| |132.|To|<br>the<br>High<br>Court<br>for|a|Sixty days.|The date of the decree, order or sentence.|||| |||certificate of fitness to appeal||||||| |||to the Supreme Court under||||||| |||clause (1) of article 132,||||||| |||article 133 or sub-clause (c) of||||||| |||clause (1) of article 134 of|the|||||| |||Constitution or under any||||||| |||other law for the time being in||||||| |||force.||||||| 1. Subs. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 98, for "Thirty days" (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). ||Description of suit|Description of suit||Period of limitation|Period of limitation||Time from whichperiod begins to run| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |133.|To the Supreme Court for special||||||| ||leave to appeal,—||||||| ||(a) in a case involving death|||Sixty days.||The date of the judgment final order or|| ||sentence;||||||sentence.| ||(b) in a case where leave to|||Sixty days.||The date of the order of refusal.|| ||appeal was refused|by the|||||| |134.|High Court;<br>(c) in any other case.<br>For delivery of possession by a|||Ninety days.<br>One year.||The date of the judgment or order.<br>When the sale becomes absolute.|| ||purchaser<br>of<br>immovable||||||| ||property at a sale in execution||||||| ||of a decree.||||||| |135.|For the enforcement of a decree|||Three years.||The date of the decree or where a date is|| ||granting<br>a<br>mandatory||||||fixed for performance, such date.| ||injunction.||||||| |136.|For the execution of any decree|||Twelve years.||1[When] the decree or order becomes|| ||(other than a decree granting a||||||enforceable or where the decree or any| ||mandatory<br>injunction)||or||||subsequent order directs any payment| ||order of any civil court.||||||of money or the delivery of any| ||||||||property to be made at a certain date or| ||||||||at recurring periods, when default in| ||||||||making the payment or delivery in| ||||||||respect of which execution is sought,| ||||||||takes place:| |||||||Provided that an application for the|| ||||||||enforcement or execution of a decree| ||||||||granting a perpetual injunction shall| ||||||||not be subject to any period of| ||||||||limitation.| ||||PART II—OTHER APPLICATION||||| |137.|Any other application for which|||Three years.||When the right to apply accrues.|| ||no period of limitation is||||||| ||provided elsewhere|in|this||||| ||Division.||||||| 1. Subs. by Act 53 of 1964, s. 3 and the Second Schedule, for "Where" (w.e.f. 12-12-1964.)

Source: India Code