Court Fees Act, 1850
16.Effect of death on or before the accrual of the right
to sue .-
(1) Where a person who would, if he were living, have a right to
institute a suit or make an application dies the right accrues, or where a
right to institute a suit or make an application accrues only on the death of a
person, the period of limitation shall be computed from the time when there is
a legal representative of the deceased capable of instituting such or making
such application.
(2) Where a person against whom, if he were living, a right to
institute a suit or make an application would have accrued dies before the
right accrues, or where a right to institute a suit or make an application
against by person accrues on the death of such person, the period of limitation
shall be computed from the time when there is a legal representative of the
deceased against whom the plaintiff may institute such or make such
application.
(3) Nothing in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) applies to suits
to enforce rights of pre-emption or to suits for the possession of immovable
property or of a hereditary office.