When can a plaint be rejected as “barred by law”? The Supreme Court clarified that limitation and ownership questions are often mixed issues of law and fact; they cannot be decided at the threshold. The Court restored the trial court’s decision, emphasizing that a suit for possession based on title carries a 12-year limitation under Article 65 of the Limitation Act.Key Takeaways :✅ Limited scope of Order 7 Rule 11(d) CPC✅ Mutation entries do not confer ownership. ✅ Limitation question involves mixed fact and law. ✅ Possession - based suits have 12 - year limitation. ✅ Multiple - relief principle - If a suit involves multiple reliefs and any one of them is within limitation, the plaint cannot be rejected in entirety under Order 7 Rule 11(d).✅ Error by the High Court✅ Outcome : appeals allowed. Statutes:1. CPC, 1908 – Order 7 Rule 11, Order 2 Rule 22. Limitation Act, 1963 – Articles 58 & 65#SupremeCourt #LimitationAct

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