RANBIR SINGH vs KARTAR SINGH

The Supreme Court held that the suit filed by the plaintiff Surtu for possession of shares in ancestral property was barred by the Punjab Limitation (Custom) Act, 1920. The Court found that the High Court correctly applied the Full Bench decision in Narotam Chand vs. Mst. Durga Devi, which established that the limitation period for such suits is governed by the Act rather than the general law under Article 65 of the Limitation Act, 1963. Consequently, the Court upheld the High Court's decision to dismiss the suit as time-barred, reversing the concurrent findings of the lower courts.