Limitation & Court Fee Calculator
Know your filing deadline, limitation period and court fee for common legal proceedings across India — indicative, not legal advice.
Understand limitation in 5 points
Limitation is automatic (s.3)
A court must dismiss a time-barred suit even if the other side never raises the point — there is no mercy by silence.
Condonation saves appeals, not suits (s.5)
Delay can be condoned for appeals and applications, but for a suit a missed date is usually the end of the remedy.
Special laws beat the Schedule (s.29(2))
Where a special law (cheque bounce, arbitration, consumer, RTI) sets its own period, that governs — and some even cap condonation.
Court holidays extend the last day (s.4)
If the last day falls when the court is closed, filing on the day it reopens is still in time.
Writs have no fixed period
Constitutional writs aren't governed by a limitation article; courts apply the doctrine of delay and laches, so there is no countdown.