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The Limitation Act, 1963: page 19

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             Description of suit           Period of limitation   Time from which period begins to run
85. For compensation for obstructing a        Three years.      The date of the obstruction.
       way or a water-course.
86. For compensation for diverting a          Three years.      The date of the diversion.
       water-course.
87. For compensation for trespass upon        Three years.      The date of the trespass.
       immovable property.
88. For compensation for infringing           Three years.      The date of the infringement.
       copyright or any other exclusive
       privilege.
89. To restrain waste.                        Three years.      When the waste begins.
90. For compensation for injury caused        Three years.      When the injunction ceases.
       by an injunction wrongfully
       obtained.
91. For compensation,—
    (a)for wrongfully taking or detaining     Three years.      When the person having the right to the
       any specific               movable                          possession of the property first learns
       property lost, oracquired by theft,                         in whose possession it is.
       or dishonest misappropriation, or
       conversion;                                                 e
    (b) for wrongfully taking or injuring
       or wrongfully detaining any other
                                              Three years.   od When the property is wrongfully taken or
                                                                   injured, or when the detainer’s
       specific movable property.                      aC          possession becomes unlawful.
                   PART VIII.—SUITS RELATING TO TRUSTS AND TRUST PROPERTY
92. To recover possession of immovable            di
                                             Twelve years.      When the transfer becomes known to the
       property conveyed or bequeathed                             plaintiff.
       in trust and afterwards transferred
                                              In
       by the trustee for a valuable
       consideration.
93. To recover possession of movable          Three years.      When the transfer becomes known to the
       property conveyed or bequeathed                              plaintiff.
       in trust and afterwards transferred
       by the trustee for a valuable
       consideration.
94. To set aside a transfer of immovable     Twelve years.      When the transfer becomes known to the
       property comprised in a Hindu,                               plaintiff.
       Muslim or Buddhist religious or
       charitable endowment, made by a
       manager thereof for a valuable
       consideration.
95. To set aside a transfer of movable        Three years.      When the transfer becomes known to the
       property comprised in a Hindu,                               plaintiff.
       Muslim or Buddhist religious or
       charitable endowment, made by a
       manager thereof for a valuable
       consideration.
96. By the manager of Hindu, Muslim or       Twelve years.      The date of death, resignation or removal
       Buddhist religious or charitable                             of the transferor or the date of
       endowment to recover possession                              appointment of the plaintiff as
       of movable or immovable                                      manager of the endowment,
       properly comprised in the                                    whichever is later.
       endowment which has been
       transferred by a previous
       manager       for    a     valuable
       consideration.


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