Limitation Act

Sections 31 to 33 of the Specific Relief Act let courts cancel void or voidable sale deeds. The recognised grounds, the void-voidable divide, the three-year limitation rule, burden of proof, and when refund of consideration is ordered.

Section 5 of the Limitation Act 1963 lets courts excuse delay for sufficient cause. What the Supreme Court accepts and rejects, how much latitude the State really gets, and what a delay condonation application and counter affidavit must contain in High Court writ proceedings.

India has no distributor-protection statute, so audit rights, clawback of overpaid amounts, default interest and claim deadlines all stand or fall on drafting. How Sections 72, 74 and 28 of the Contract Act and the three-year limitation period shape enforceable clauses.