Enter the date the cause of action arose and the type of claim, and this returns the last day on which proceedings may be brought — together with the article it applied, the authority, and every step of the arithmetic, so you can check it against the bare Act.
This is date arithmetic against the schedule to the Limitation Act, 1963. It is not generated by a language model, and it does not guess. A hallucinated limitation date does not read as wrong — it reads as a diary entry, and the claim goes out of time.
Section 12(1) is applied first: the day from which the period is reckoned is excluded, so a three-year period running from a breach on 1 April 2024 runs from 2 April 2024 and ends on 1 April 2027.
Section 4 is applied last: where the final day falls on a day the court is closed, the period is extended to the day the court reopens. Sundays are treated as closed by default; court holidays are yours to supply, because they differ by court and by year and inventing a list would silently move your date.
Section 12(2) — the time requisite for obtaining a copy of the decree, judgment or award — is never inferred. Only the applicant knows it, so it is an input, not an assumption.
A condonable extension under section 5 or a statutory proviso is shown separately and is never added to the due date. Condonation is a discretion the court may exercise; treating it as time you have is how an appeal gets filed late on the strength of a number a tool printed.
| Claim | Period | Runs from | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suit for compensation for breach of contract | 3 years | The date the contract is broken, or (where there are successive breaches) when the breach in respect of which the suit is instituted occurs. | Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 55 |
| Suit for money lent | 3 years | The date the loan is made. | Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 19 |
| Suit for the price of goods sold and delivered (no fixed credit period) | 3 years | The date of delivery of the goods. | Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 14 |
| Suit for possession of immovable property based on title | 12 years | The date the defendant's possession becomes adverse to the plaintiff. | Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 65 |
| Suit by the Government for possession of immovable property | 30 years | The date the period would begin to run under the Act against an ordinary plaintiff. | Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 112 |
| Suit for compensation — residuary tort (no specific article) | 3 years | The date the right to sue accrues. | Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 113 (residuary) |
| Suit for compensation for libel | 1 year | The date of publication of the libel. | Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 75 |
| Suit for compensation for malicious prosecution | 1 year | The date the plaintiff is acquitted, or the prosecution otherwise terminates. | Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 74 |
| Suit for compensation for an act done in pursuance of a statute | 1 year | The date of the act, or (where the injury continues) when it ceases. | Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 72 |
| Claim | Period | Runs from | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appeal from a decree or order to the High Court | 90 days | The date of the decree or order appealed from. | Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 116(a) |
| Appeal from a decree or order to any court other than a High Court | 30 days | The date of the decree or order appealed from. | Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 116(b) |
| Appeal from an order of acquittal to the High Court | 90 days | The date of the order appealed from. | Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 114(a) |
| Appeal from an order of acquittal to any other court | 30 days | The date of the order appealed from. | Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 114(b) |
| Special leave petition against a High Court judgment | 90 days | The date of the judgment or order of the High Court. | Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 133(a) |
| Claim | Period | Runs from | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Execution of a decree (other than one granting a mandatory injunction) | 12 years | The date the decree becomes enforceable (or, for periodic payments, when the default occurs). | Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 136 |
| Claim | Period | Runs from | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheque dishonour — notice and complaint windows (s.138 NI Act) | No fixed period | The date the payee receives information from the bank that the cheque has been returned unpaid. | Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — s.138 provisos (b) and (c), s.142(1)(b) |
| Claim | Period | Runs from | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer complaint | 2 years | The date on which the cause of action arises. | Consumer Protection Act, 2019 — s.69(1) |
| Appeal to the State Consumer Commission | 45 days | The date of the order of the District Commission. | Consumer Protection Act, 2019 — s.41 |
| Appeal to the National Consumer Commission | 30 days | The date of the order of the State Commission. | Consumer Protection Act, 2019 — s.51 |
| Claim | Period | Runs from | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appeal to the Real Estate Appellate Tribunal | 60 days | The date of receipt of the direction, decision or order of the Authority or adjudicating officer. | Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 — s.44(2) |
| Appeal to the High Court from the Real Estate Appellate Tribunal | 60 days | The date of communication of the decision or order of the Appellate Tribunal. | Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 — s.58 |
| Claim | Period | Runs from | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application to set aside an arbitral award | 3 months | The date the party making the application received the award (or disposal of a s.33 request for correction). | Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — s.34(3) |
| Claim referable to arbitration (underlying cause of action) | 3 years | The date the right to apply accrues. | Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 137, read with s.43 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 |
| Claim | Period | Runs from | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Writ petition under Article 226 | No fixed period | The date of the impugned action or its knowledge. | Constitution of India — Article 226 (no statutory period) |
Three years under Article 55 of the Limitation Act, 1963, running from the date the contract is broken, or where there are successive breaches, from the breach in respect of which the suit is brought. Section 12(1) excludes the day of the breach itself.
A written acknowledgment signed before the period expires starts a fresh period from the date of the acknowledgment under section 18, and part payment does the same under section 19. Neither revives a period that has already run out.
Section 4 extends the period to the day the court reopens. The calculator applies this and shows both the raw last day and the adjusted one, so you can see what moved and why.
No. It is a calculation you can check, and it shows its workings precisely so that you can. Verify the article against the bare Act and confirm your court's rules before relying on any date.
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