Law: Limitation Act, 1908

Section: 162-A

Limitation Act, 1908 (IX of 1908)-- ----S. 162-A--Right of inheritance--Fraudulent mutation -Civil Revision--Limitation--Time-barred petition--Applied for certified copies--Objection--Delay in re-filing--Office objections--Condonation of delay--Sufficient cause--Accrued right--Finality of litigation--Revisional jurisdiction--Dismissal of revision--Indolent litigant--Adversarial litigation--Preponderance of evidence--It could not be left open for a delinquent party to challenge adverse order at time of its own choice and if any leniency was extended in this regard then there would have been no end of adversarial litigation which tantamounted to frustrate ends of justice--Time consumed in removing objections was to be counted under limitation and if time consumed was more than that provided in Limitation Act, then such matter was to be dismissed as barred by time--After expiry of statutory period of limitation, verdicts in question had attained status of finality/past and closed transaction--Law of limitation played a pivotal role in administration of justice and an aggrieved person had to approach competent forum within prescribed period of limitation and against adverse order a party could not be allowed to sleep over it for an indefinite period and challenge it at time of its own choosing rather aggrieved party was placed under legal obligation to avail its legal remedy against adverse decision/order/ decree within prescribed statutory period of limitation before proper forum--Petition dismissed.    [Para 3 & 4] A, B, C & D Ch. Abdul Jabbar, Advocate, for Petitioners. Rai Mazhar Hussain Kharal, Assistant Advocate General for Respondent No. 1. Syed Muhammad Areeb Abdul Khafid, Advocate for Respondents No. 2, 3-b, 6-a.7-a & 10-a. Mr. Salal Ashraf Mazari, Advocate for Respondent No. 13. Mr. Zahid Khan Bangash, Advocate for Respondent No. 15. Mr. Haseeb Shaid Khan, Advocate for Respondent No. 17. Muhammad Aurangzeb, Advocate for Respondent No. 22. Mr. Shakeel Ahmad Bobra, Advocate for Respondent No. 24. Date of hearing: 11.2.2026. Judgment Brief facts of the case are that Mst. Hafeez Bukhari, Respondent No. 2/plaintiff filed a suit for…