How long you have to file.

Limitation Act, Art. 116(a)

Time runs from: Date of the decree or order appealed from

Limitation Act, Art. 116(b)

Time runs from: Date of the decree or order appealed from

CPC, s.100; Limitation Act, Art. 116(a)

Time runs from: Date of the appellate decree

Limitation Act, Art. 117

Time runs from: Date of the decree or order appealed from

Limitation Act, Art. 131; CPC, s.115

Time runs from: Date of the decree, order or sentence

Limitation Act, Art. 124; CPC, Order XLVII Rule 1

Time runs from: Date of the decree or order

Supreme Court Rules, 2013, Order XLVII Rule 2

Time runs from: Date of the judgment or order sought to be reviewed

Copy time is not added: the Supreme Court Rules fix the period, and the earlier date is safe.

Limitation Act, Art. 123

Time runs from: Date of the decree; if summons was not duly served, when the applicant learnt of the decree

Supreme Court Rules, 2013, Order XXII Rule 2(1)

Time runs from: Date of the judgment or order sought to be appealed from

Limitation Act, Art. 132; Constitution, Arts. 132-134A

Time runs from: Date of the decree, order or sentence

Limitation Act, Art. 130(a)

Time runs from: Date of the decree appealed from

Limitation Act, Art. 130(b)

Time runs from: Date of the decree appealed from

Commercial Courts Act, 2015, s.13(1A)

Time runs from: Date of the judgment or order

Limitation Act, Art. 115(a); BNSS s.415 (CrPC s.374)

Time runs from: Date of the sentence

Limitation Act, Art. 115(b)(i); BNSS s.415 (CrPC s.374)

Time runs from: Date of the sentence or order

Limitation Act, Art. 115(b)(ii); BNSS s.415 (CrPC s.374)

Time runs from: Date of the sentence or order

Limitation Act, Art. 114(a); BNSS s.419(1)-(2) (CrPC s.378(1)-(2))

Time runs from: Date of the order of acquittal

BNSS s.419(5) (CrPC s.378(5))

Time runs from: Date of the order of acquittal

Six months instead if the complainant is a public servant.

BNSS s.419(5) (CrPC s.378(5))

Time runs from: Date of the order of acquittal

Limitation Act, Art. 114(b); BNSS s.419(4) (CrPC s.378(4))

Time runs from: Date special leave was granted

Limitation Act, Art. 131; BNSS ss.438, 442 (CrPC ss.397, 401)

Time runs from: Date of the order or sentence sought to be revised

BNSS, s.187(3)(i) (CrPC s.167(2)(a)(i))

Time runs from: Date of the first order of remand (the remand day counts as day 1)

If no charge-sheet is filed by this day, the accused may apply for default bail from the next day, before one is filed.

BNSS, s.187(3)(ii) (CrPC s.167(2)(a)(ii))

Time runs from: Date of the first order of remand (the remand day counts as day 1)

If no charge-sheet is filed by this day, the accused may apply for default bail from the next day, before one is filed.

BNSS s.514(2)(a) (CrPC s.468(2)(a))

Time runs from: Date of the offence, or when it became known (BNSS s.515 / CrPC s.469)

What counts is the date the complaint is filed or the prosecution instituted (Sarah Mathew, 2014). Delay may be condoned under BNSS s.519 (CrPC s.473).

BNSS s.514(2)(b) (CrPC s.468(2)(b))

Time runs from: Date of the offence, or when it became known (BNSS s.515 / CrPC s.469)

What counts is the date the complaint is filed or the prosecution instituted (Sarah Mathew, 2014). Delay may be condoned under BNSS s.519 (CrPC s.473).

BNSS s.514(2)(c) (CrPC s.468(2)(c))

Time runs from: Date of the offence, or when it became known (BNSS s.515 / CrPC s.469)

What counts is the date the complaint is filed or the prosecution instituted (Sarah Mathew, 2014). Delay may be condoned under BNSS s.519 (CrPC s.473).

Limitation Act, Art. 1

Time runs from: Close of the year in which the last admitted or proved item is entered in the account

Limitation Act, Art. 14

Time runs from: Date of delivery of the goods

Limitation Act, Art. 15

Time runs from: When the period of credit expires

Limitation Act, Art. 18

Time runs from: When the work is done

Limitation Act, Art. 19

Time runs from: When the loan is made

Limitation Act, Art. 21

Time runs from: When the loan is made

Limitation Act, Art. 22

Time runs from: When the demand is made

Limitation Act, Art. 34

Time runs from: When the fixed time expires

Limitation Act, Art. 35

Time runs from: Date of the bill or note

Limitation Act, Art. 54

Time runs from: Date fixed for performance; if none, when the plaintiff has notice that performance is refused

Limitation Act, Art. 55

Time runs from: When the contract is broken

Limitation Act, Art. 56

Time runs from: When the issue or registration becomes known to the plaintiff

Limitation Act, Art. 58

Time runs from: When the right to sue first accrues

Limitation Act, Art. 59

Time runs from: When the facts entitling the plaintiff first become known to him

Limitation Act, Art. 61(a)

Time runs from: When the right to redeem or to recover possession accrues

Limitation Act, Art. 62

Time runs from: When the money sued for becomes due

Limitation Act, Art. 64

Time runs from: Date of dispossession

Limitation Act, Art. 65

Time runs from: When possession of the defendant becomes adverse to the plaintiff

Limitation Act, Art. 72

Time runs from: When the act or omission takes place

Limitation Act, Art. 74

Time runs from: When the plaintiff is acquitted or the prosecution is otherwise terminated

Limitation Act, Art. 75

Time runs from: When the libel is published

Limitation Act, Art. 76

Time runs from: When the words are spoken, or when the special damage occurs if they are not actionable in themselves

Limitation Act, Art. 82

Time runs from: Date of the death of the person killed

Limitation Act, Art. 113

Time runs from: When the right to sue accrues

CPC, Order XXXVII Rule 3(5); Limitation Act, Art. 118

Time runs from: Date of service of the summons for judgment

Limitation Act, Art. 120; CPC, Order XXII

Time runs from: Date of death of the plaintiff, defendant, appellant or respondent

If no one is brought on record within this period, the suit or appeal abates as to that party; Art. 121 then gives 60 days to set the abatement aside.

Limitation Act, Art. 121

Time runs from: Date of abatement

Limitation Act, Art. 122

Time runs from: Date of dismissal

Limitation Act, Art. 127

Time runs from: Date of the sale

Limitation Act, Art. 128

Time runs from: Date of the dispossession

Limitation Act, Art. 129

Time runs from: Date of the resistance or obstruction

Limitation Act, Art. 134

Time runs from: When the sale becomes absolute

Limitation Act, Art. 135

Time runs from: Date of the decree, or the date fixed for performance

Limitation Act, Art. 136

Time runs from: When the decree or order becomes enforceable

Limitation Act, Art. 137

Time runs from: When the right to apply accrues

CPC, Order VIII Rule 1

Time runs from: Date of service of summons

The court may allow up to 90 days from service for recorded reasons.

CPC, Order VIII Rule 1 proviso

Time runs from: Date of service of summons

Only with the court's leave for recorded reasons. In a non-commercial suit the limit is directory (Kailash v. Nanhku, 2005), but do not plan on going past it.

CPC, Order VIII Rule 1, as amended for commercial disputes (Commercial Courts Act, 2015, s.16 and Schedule)

Time runs from: Date of service of summons

The court may allow up to 120 days from service, with costs and recorded reasons; after 120 days the right is forfeited.

CPC, Order VIII Rule 1 proviso, as amended by the Commercial Courts Act

Time runs from: Date of service of summons

Ordinary limit 30 days; the right to file is forfeited after 120 days (SCG Contracts v. K.S. Chamankar, 2019).

CPC, s.148A(5)

Time runs from: Date the caveat was lodged

Lodge a fresh caveat before this day ends if the application is still expected. A day the court is closed does not extend a caveat.

CPC, s.80(1)

Time runs from: Date the notice was delivered

The suit may be filed only after this day (or earlier with leave under s.80(2)). The notice period is excluded from the suit's limitation (Limitation Act, s.15(2)).

CPC, Order XXXVII Rule 3(1)

Time runs from: Date of service of the summons

Negotiable Instruments Act, s.138 proviso (a); RBI circular of 4 November 2011

Time runs from: Date of the cheque

Negotiable Instruments Act, s.138(b)

Time runs from: Date the payee received the bank's information that the cheque was returned unpaid

Negotiable Instruments Act, s.138(c)

Time runs from: Date the drawer received the demand notice

Negotiable Instruments Act, s.142(1)(b) read with s.138(c)

Time runs from: Date the drawer received the demand notice

Delay can be condoned for sufficient cause (s.142(1)(b) proviso).

Consumer Protection Act, 2019, s.69(1)

Time runs from: Date the cause of action arose

Consumer Protection Act, 2019, s.38(2)(a)

Time runs from: Date the opposite party received the complaint

The Commission may allow up to 15 more days, and no more (New India Assurance v. Hilli Multipurpose Cold Storage, 2020).

Consumer Protection Act, 2019, s.38(2)(a)

Time runs from: Date the opposite party received the complaint

Consumer Protection Act, 2019, s.41

Time runs from: Date of the District Commission's order

Consumer Protection Act, 2019, s.51(1)

Time runs from: Date of the State Commission's order

Consumer Protection Act, 2019, s.67

Time runs from: Date of the National Commission's order

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, s.9(2)

Time runs from: Date of the court's interim order before the arbitration began

The proceedings commence when the other party receives the request under s.21.

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, s.11(4)(a) and s.11(5)

Time runs from: Date the other party received the notice under s.21

If the other party does not agree or appoint within this period, the court can be moved under s.11(6). The arbitral proceedings commence on the date the request is received (s.21).

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, s.23(4)

Time runs from: Date the arbitrator received written notice of appointment

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, s.29A(1)

Time runs from: Date the pleadings under s.23(4) were completed

The parties may extend by up to six months by consent (s.29A(3)); after that only the court can extend (s.29A(4)).

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, s.33(1)

Time runs from: Date the award was received

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, s.34(3)

Time runs from: Date the award was received

The court may allow a further 30 days on sufficient cause, but not thereafter. Section 5 of the Limitation Act does not apply.

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, s.34(3) proviso

Time runs from: Date the award was received

Only on sufficient cause shown. A closed court does not extend the 30 days (Assam Urban Water Supply v. Subhash Projects, 2012).

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, s.37; Limitation Act, Art. 116 and Art. 117

Time runs from: Date of the order appealed from

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, s.37; Commercial Courts Act, 2015, s.13(1A)

Time runs from: Date of the order appealed from

Sixty days under s.13(1A) (Govt. of Maharashtra v. Borse Brothers, 2021); the Limitation Act, s.5, does not extend it.

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, s.61(2)

Time runs from: Date the order was pronounced

Time runs from pronouncement, not from receipt of a copy (V. Nagarajan v. SKS Ispat, 2021). The NCLAT may allow up to 15 more days for sufficient cause, no more.

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, s.62(1)

Time runs from: Date the NCLAT order was received

The Supreme Court may allow up to 15 more days for sufficient cause. If the order was pronounced in your presence, count from that day.

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, s.12(1)

Time runs from: Insolvency commencement date (admission of the application)

One extension of up to 90 days may be granted (s.12(2)-(3)).

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, s.12(3) second proviso

Time runs from: Insolvency commencement date (admission of the application)

Includes extensions and time taken in legal proceedings; the Tribunal may exceed it only exceptionally (Essar Steel, 2019).

Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, s.44(2)

Time runs from: Date the copy of the order was received

The Tribunal may entertain a later appeal for sufficient cause.

Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, s.58(1)

Time runs from: Date the Tribunal's decision or order was communicated

The High Court may allow up to 60 more days for sufficient cause.

Income-tax Act, 1961, s.249(2) (1961 Act; check the 2025 Act equivalent)

Time runs from: Date the notice of demand was served (or the order, where there is no demand)

For proceedings under the Income-tax Act, 2025 (from 1 April 2026), check the corresponding section.

Income-tax Act, 1961, s.253(3) (1961 Act; check the 2025 Act equivalent)

Time runs from: Date the order was communicated to the assessee

For proceedings under the Income-tax Act, 2025 (from 1 April 2026), check the corresponding section.

Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, s.107(1)

Time runs from: Date the decision or order was communicated

The Appellate Authority may allow one more month for sufficient cause (s.107(4)).

Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, s.112(1)

Time runs from: Date the order was communicated

The Tribunal may allow up to three more months for sufficient cause (s.112(6)). Orders made before the Tribunal began working have a notified starting date: check it.

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s.166(3) (inserted in 2019)

Time runs from: Date of the accident

How far this bar applies has been questioned in the courts; the six-month date is shown until you confirm.

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s.173(1)

Time runs from: Date of the award

Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, s.21(1)(a)

Time runs from: Date the final order was made

Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, s.21(1)(b)

Time runs from: Date the appeal or representation was made

SARFAESI Act, 2002, s.13(2)

Time runs from: Date of the s.13(2) demand notice

If the dues are not paid within this period the secured creditor may take the measures in s.13(4). A representation by the borrower under s.13(3A) must be answered within fifteen days of its receipt.

SARFAESI Act, 2002, s.17(1)

Time runs from: Date the measures under s.13(4) were taken

SARFAESI Act, 2002, s.18(1)

Time runs from: Date the DRT's order was received

A borrower must deposit 50% of the debt (reducible to 25%) to be heard.

Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993, s.20(3)

Time runs from: Date a copy of the DRT's order was received

The Appellate Tribunal may allow a later appeal for sufficient cause.