## How the limitation period applies

The controlling primary authority for IN ucc sale of goods SOL (Limitation Act, 1963 (Act No. 36 of 1963) Schedule, Part II, Art. 14 — For the price of goods sold and delivered) is **Limitation Act, 1963 (Act No. 36 of 1963) Schedule, Part II, Art. 14 — For the price of goods sold and delivered**.

> **Limitation Act, 1963 (Act No. 36 of 1963) Schedule, Part II, Art. 14 — For the price of goods sold and delivered.** 14. For the price of goods sold and delivered where no fixed period of credit is agreed upon. Three years. The date of the delivery of the goods.

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## Sources

- [Limitation Act, 1963 (Act No. 36 of 1963) Schedule, Part II, Art. 14 — For the price of goods sold and delivered — Limitation Act, 1963 (Act No. 36 of 1963) Schedule, Part II, Art. 14 — For the price of goods sold and delivered](https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1565/5/A1963-36.pdf)

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In India, the “statute of limitations” for commercial claims tied to sale of goods is typically governed by the Limitation Act, 1963 (not by the UCC...

Statute of Limitations for UCC / Sale of Goods in India

ANO-831 verification 2026-04-26: primary source = official Indiacode PDF of Act 36 of 1963.

Where a person entitled to institute a suit or make an application for the execution of a decree is, at the time from which the prescribed period is to be reckoned, a minor or insane, or an idiot, he may institute the suit or make the application within the same period after the disability has ceased.

For compensation for the breach of any contract, express or implied not herein specially provided for.

For the execution of any decree (other than a decree granting a mandatory injunction) or order of any civil court.

For compensation for a malicious prosecution.

Any suit for which no period of limitation is provided elsewhere in this Schedule.

For compensation,— (a) for wrongfully taking or detaining any specific movable property lost, or acquired by theft, or dishonest misappropriation, or conversion; (b) for wrongfully taking or injuring or wrongfully detaining any other specific movable property.

For possession of immovable property or any interest therein based on title.

For compensation for trespass upon immovable property.

Subject to the provisions contained in sections 4 to 24 (inclusive), every suit instituted, appeal preferred, and application made after the prescribed period shall be dismissed, although limitation has not been set up as a defence.

In India, a suit for the price of goods sold and delivered (where no fixed credit period was agreed) must be instituted within 3 years from the date of delivery, per Article 14 of the Schedule to the Limitation Act, 1963 (Act 36 of 1963).

Any appeal or any application, other than an application under any of the provisions of Order XXI of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, may be admitted after the prescribed period if the appellant or the applicant satisfies the court that he had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal or making the application within such period.