The Supreme Court set aside the Madras High Court’s remand order in a suit involving a 1965 maintenance decree and a 1970 auction of joint Hindu family property. Legal heirs of Dasappa Gowdar challenged the decree in 1982, 17 years later. Both the trial and first appellate courts held the suit time-barred under Article 59 of the Limitation Act. The High Court remanded the case for not framing a specific limitation issue. The Supreme Court ruled this was improper, as evidence on limitation was fully considered. It upheld the dismissal, stressing finality in property rights and the limited scope of second appeals.