Lexis Nexis’s Law of Limitation and Prescription (2 Volumes) by U N Mitra – 17th Edition 2025.

Procedural time bars are the ultimate defense in civil litigation. Missing a deadline by a single day can destroy an otherwise airtight case. U.N. Mitra’s Law of Limitation and Prescription (17th Edition, 2025), published by LexisNexis, is a 2-volume classic that has guided the Indian Bench and Bar for over a century. Originating from the most prestigious series of legal lectures in Indian history, this section-wise commentary on the Limitation Act, 1963 remains the most widely cited authority by the Supreme Court of India and regional High Courts.

Mastering the Limitation Act, 1963

This treatise provides a highly analytical and critical exposition of procedural deadlines, ensuring practitioners never miscalculate a statutory time bar:

• Fixing Legal Timelines: Comprehensive interpretation of the schedules determining exactly when a cause of action accrues and when the right to initiate legal remedies is extinguished.

• The Law of Prescription: Deep analysis of how ownership rights and easements are legally acquired or lost over extended periods of time.

• The 2025 Edge: Fully up to date with the absolute latest legislative and statutory developments, integrating highly relevant recent judgments such as:

  • State of UP v RK Pandey

  • M/s Citicorp Finance (India) Ltd v Snehasis Nanda

  • Indian Evangelical Lutheran Church Trust Association v Sri Balan and Company

The Tagore Law Lectures (1882)

The Tagore Law Lectures conducted by the University of Calcutta remain unparalleled, marking the absolute highest level of legal erudition in India. This 2-volume set contains the original, brilliant text of the lectures delivered in 1882, providing a philosophical and historical foundation that modern bare acts simply cannot offer.

Who Should Buy This Book?

• Judges & Judicial Officers: The ultimate, century-old reference for interpreting complex limitation disputes and issuing dismissals or condonations of delay.

• Civil Litigators & Advocates: The most authoritative weapon for arguing the bar of limitation, prescription of easements, and the computation of exclusion periods before High Courts and the Supreme Court.

• Academicians & Legal Scholars: A foundational text for the study of Indian civil procedure and property rights.

About the Legendary Author

Upendra Nath Mitra (U.N. Mitra)

Upendra Nath Mitra was a brilliant 19th-century Indian jurist, legal scholar, and advocate, immortalized in Indian jurisprudence as the foundational authority on property and procedural time bars. He is best known for delivering the historic Tagore Law Lectures of 1882, which were compiled into this definitive treatise.

First published as a text in 1885, his work has outlived colonial rule and the repeal of old statutes. Modern editions of his work continue to be heavily updated by esteemed legal minds—including former Chief Justice of India Y.V. Chandrachud—to preserve his analytical framework while integrating modern case law. (Note: He should not be confused with his contemporary Trailokyanath Mitra, nor with the later 20th-century diplomat Sir Bhupendra Nath Mitra).

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