RANBIR SINGH vs KARTAR SINGH — C.A. No. 7122/1997

Summary of C.A. No. 007122/1997: Ranbir Singh v. Kartar Singh The Supreme Court allowed the plaintiff's appeal, holding that the suit was not barred by the Punjab Limitation (Custom) Act, 1920. The court upheld the concurrent findings of the trial and first appellate courts that the oral gift made by Basanti (a widow holding only a life estate with no alienation rights) in 1936 was void, and that the general Limitation Act, 1963 (12-year period) applied rather than the custom-based limitation act, making the 1969 suit timely. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.