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Citation Name: 2025 YLR 1454 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDHBookmark this Case Syed Sulaiman Jafri vs United Bank Limited First Sched — 2025 YLR 1454 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation
2025 YLR 1454 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court
Sindh High Court
Year
2025
Reporter
YLR
Parties
Citation Name: 2025 YLR 1454 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDHBookmark this Case Syed Sulaiman Jafri vs United Bank Limited First Sched
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)

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Judgment text as reported

Citation Name: 2025 YLR 1454 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDHBookmark this Case Syed Sulaiman Jafri VS United Bank Limited First Sched., art. 64---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908),O.VII, R. 11---Suit for recovery of money---Cause of action, accrual of---Limitation, starting point of---Scope---Plaint of the plaintiff (a compulsory retired bank employee) against the defendant / Bank was rejected for not being instituted within time-period i.e. three years from receipt of dues settlement letter between the parties---Contention of the appellant /plaintiff was that he addressed a letter to the respondent (defendant / Bank) after one and half months of receipt of the dues settlement letter, to which no response was ever received, thus, the cause of action accrued to him on the date of the said letter---Validity---If the starting point of the limitation period were to commence from the date of issuance of the appellant's own letter, as suggested, it would lead to an untenable and illogical outcome---By such reasoning the accrual of limitation would be entirely at the discretion and mercy of the claimant (appellant in the present case)---This would create an anomalous situation where the limitation period may never begin to run, or could be arbitrarily delayed potentially by years or even decades in an extreme scenario simply by the claimant choosing not to issue such a letter---Such an interpretation would not only defeat the very object and purpose of limitation law, which is to bring finality to litigation and prevent stale claims, but would also undermine the certainty and predictability essential to legal proceedings opening the door to potential abuse---Plaint of the appellant was rightly rejected---appeal was dismissed, in circumstances.

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