In force · As amended up to 2026-08
44. (a) On a policy of insurance when the sum insured is payable after proof of the death has been given to or received by the insurers.
(b) On a policy of insurance when the sum insured is payable after proof of the loss has been given to or received by the insurers.
- Period of limitation Time from which period begins to run Three years. When the bill or note falls due.
- Three years. When the bill is presented.
Three years. When the bill is presented at that place. Three years. When the fixed time expires.
Three years. The date of the bill or note.
|Three|years.|The expiration of the first term of|
|---|---|---|
|||payment as to the part then payable;|
|||and for the other parts, the expiration|
|||of the respective terms of payment.|
|Three|years.|When the default is made, unless where|
|||the payee or obligee waives the|
|||benefit of the provision and then|
|||when fresh default is made in respect|
|||of which there is no such waiver.|
|Three|years.|The date of the delivery to the payee.|
Three years.
When the notice is given.
Three years. The date of the refusal to accept.
|Three|years.|When the acceptor pays the amount of the|
|---|---|---|
|||bill.|
|Three|years.|When the surety pays the creditor.|
|Three|years.|When the surety pays anything in excess|
|||of his own share.|
|Three|years.|The date of the death of the deceased, or|
|||where the claim on the policy is|
|||denied, either partly or wholly, the|
|||date of such denial.|
|Three|years.|The date of the occurrence causing the|
|||loss, or where the claim on the policy|
|||is denied, either partly or wholly, the|
|||date of such denial.|
||Description of suit|Period of limitation||Time from whichperiod begins to run|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|45.|By the assured to recover premia|Three years.|When the insurers elect to avoid the||
||paid under a policy voidable at|||policy.|
||the election of the insurers.||||
|46.|Under the Indian Succession Act,|Three years.|The date of the payment or distribution.||
||1925 (39 of 1925), section 360||||
||or section 361, to compel a||||
||refund by a person to whom an||||
||executor or administrator has||||
||paid a legacy or distributed||||
||assets.||||
|47.|For money paid upon an existing|Three years.|The date of the failure.||
||consideration which afterwards||||
||fails.||||
|48.|For contribution by a party who has|Three years.|The date of the payment in excess of the||
||paid the whole or more than his|||plaintiff's own share.|
||share of the amount due under a||||
||joint decree, or by a sharer in a||||
||joint estate who has paid the||||
||whole or more than his share of||||
||the amount of revenue due from||||
||himself and his co-sharers.||||
|49.|By a co-trustee to enforce against|Three years.|When the right to contribution accrues.||
||the estate of a deceased trustee a||||
||claim for contribution.||||
|50.|By the manager of a joint estate of|Three years.|The date of the payment.||
||an<br>undivided<br>family<br>for||||
||contribution, in respect of a||||
||payment made by him on||||
||account of the estate.||||
|51.|For the profits of immovable|Three years.|When the profits are received.||
||property<br>belonging<br>to<br>the||||
||plaintiff<br>which<br>have<br>been||||
||wrongfully received by the||||
||defendant.||||
|52.|For arrears of rent.|Three years.|When the arrears become due.||
|53.|By a vendor of immovable property|Three years.|The time fixed for completing the sale,||
||for personal payment of unpaid|||or (where the title is accepted after|
||purchase-money.|||the time fixed for completion) the|
|||||date of the acceptance.|
|54.|For specific performance of a|Three years.|The date fixed for the performance, or, if||
||contract.|||no such date is fixed, when the|
|||||plaintiff has notice that performance|
|||||is refused.|
|55.|For compensation for the breach of|Three years.|When the contract is broken or (where||
||any contract, express or implied|||there are successive breaches) when|
||not herein specially provided|||the breach in respect of which the|
||for.|||suit is instituted occurs or (where the|
|||||breach is continuing) when it ceases.|
Description of suit Period of limitation
Time from which period begins to run
Source: India Code