KANSHI RAM vs LACHHMAN(DEAD) THRO LRS — C.A. No. 2451/1997

Case Summary: Kanshi Ram v. Lachhman (Dead) Through LRS The Supreme Court allowed the appellants' appeal against the High Court's dismissal of their suit as barred by limitation. The Court held that under the Himachal Pradesh Debt Reduction Act, 1976, the suit for recovery of possession of mortgaged agricultural land was not time-barred because the Act provides a fresh cause of action arising from its enactment in 1979, not from the original 1946 mortgage date. The Court reversed the High Court's erroneous reasoning that standard redemption limitation periods applied, confirming instead that the trial court and first appellate court correctly found the suit was filed within time. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.